Dan Wakefield
1932 - 2024
General Information
Bio
- Dan Wakefield (1932-2024) Journalist, novelist, screenwriter, critic, essayist. Dan Wakefield was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, and died in Miami, Florida.
Full Name
Dan Wakefield
Locations
New York•Westchester
Author's Timeline
1932
Birth
Dan Wakefield was born in Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 21, 1932.
1955
Other Life Event
New York County: Mr. Wakefield graduated from Columbia University with honors in English in 1955.
1959
Literary Work
Island in the City: The World of Spanish Harlem
Houghton Mifflin
Memoir.
Houghton Mifflin
Memoir.
1962
Literary Work
Revolt in the South
Grove Press
Nonfiction.
Grove Press
Nonfiction.
1970
Literary Work
Going All the Way
Delacorte Press
0440029554 / 978-0440029557
Novel, nominated for a National Book Award.
Delacorte Press
0440029554 / 978-0440029557
Novel, nominated for a National Book Award.
1973
Literary Work
Starting Over
Delacorte Press
999753994X / 978-9997539946
Novel.
Delacorte Press
999753994X / 978-9997539946
Novel.
1977
Literary Work
Home Free
Delacorte Press
0440037484 / 978-0440037484
Novel.
Delacorte Press
0440037484 / 978-0440037484
Novel.
1982
Literary Work
Under The Apple Tree
G.K. Hall
081613474X / 978-0816134748
Novel.
G.K. Hall
081613474X / 978-0816134748
Novel.
1985
Literary Work
Selling Out
Little Brown
0316917745 / 978-0316917742
Novel.
Little Brown
0316917745 / 978-0316917742
Novel.
1988
Literary Work
Returning: A Spiritual Journey
Doubleday
0385237227 / 978-0385237222
Memoir.
Doubleday
0385237227 / 978-0385237222
Memoir.
1992
Literary Work
New York in the 50s
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0395513200 / 978-0395513200
Nonfiction.
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0395513200 / 978-0395513200
Nonfiction.
0000
Other Life Event
Westchester County: Mr. Wakefield led workshops on spirituality at the Sing Sing Correctional Facility in Ossining, New York.
2024
Death
Dan Wakefield died at a hospice facility in Miami, Florida, on March 13, 2024.
2024
Interment
Dan Wakefield was cremated and the ashes given to family or friend.
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