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David R. Slavitt (1935-2025) Poet, critic. David R. Slavitt was born in White Plains, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Full Name

David Rytman Slavitt

Locations

New YorkWestchester

Author's Timeline


1935

Birth

Westchester County: David Rytman Slavitt was born in White Plains, New York, on March 23, 1935.

0000

Other Life Event

Westchester County: Mr. Slavitt worked at Readers’ Digest in Pleasantville, New York.

1957

Other Life Event

New York County: Mr. Slavitt received a master’s degree in literature from Columbia University in 1958.

1961

Literary Work

Suits for the Dead
Scribner
Collection of poetry.

1967

Literary Work

Rochelle, or, Virtue Rewarded
Chapman & Hall
Novel.

1967

Literary Work

The Exhibitionist
Bernard Geis Associates
Novel written under the pseudonym Henry Sutton.

1970

Literary Work

Anagrams
Hodder & Stoughton
0340129808 / 978-0340129807
Novel.

1975

Literary Work

Paperback Thriller
Random House
0394497678 / 978-0394497679
Novel written under the pseudonym of Lynn Meyer.

1980

Literary Work

The Proposal
Charter Books
0441683428 / 978-0441683420
Novel written under the pseudonym Henry Sutton.

1987

Literary Work

The Cock Book, or, The Child’s First Book of Pornography
Bits Press
Novel.

1993

Literary Work

Turkish Delights: A Novel
Louisiana State University Press
0807118133 / 978-0807118139
Novel.

2006

Literary Work

Blue State Blues: How a Cranky Conservative Launched a Campaign and Found Himself the Liberal Candidate (and Still Lost)
Wesleyan University Press
0819568066 / 978-0819568069
Memoir.

2025

Death

David R. Slavitt died at his home in Cambridge, Massachusetts, May 17, 2025.

2028

Literary Work

Last Words
Louisiana State University Press
Collection of poetry.

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