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(1935-2020) Biographer, writer. Deirdre Bair was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and died in New Haven, Connecticut.

Full Name

Deirdre Bair

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1935

BIRTH

Deirdre Bartolotta was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on June 21, 1935.

1972

OTHER

Ms. Bair earned a Ph.D. in comparative literature at Columbia University in 1972.

1978

LITWORK

Samuel Beckett: A Biography
Vintage / Ebury (A Division of Random House Group)
0224014617 / 978-0224014618
Biography.

1990

LITWORK

Simone de Beauvoir: A Biography
Summit Books
0671606816 / 978-0671606817
Biography.

1995

LITWORK

Anais Nin: A Biography
Putnam Adult
0399139885 / 978-0399139888
Biography.

2003

LITWORK

Jung: A Biography
Little, Brown and Company
0316076651 / 978-0316076654
Biography.

2007

LITWORK

Calling It Quits: Late-Life Divorce and Starting Over
Random House
1400064481 / 978-1400064489
Nonfiction.

2012

LITWORK

Saul Steinberg: A Biography
Nan A. Talese
038552448X / 978-0385524483
Biography.

2016

LITWORK

Al Capone: His Life, Legacy, and Legend
Nan A. Talese
0385537158 / 978-0385537155
Biography.

2019

LITWORK

Parisian Lives: Samuel Beckett, Simone de Beauvoir, and Me: A Memoir
Nan A. Talese
0385542453 / 978-0385542456
Memoir.

2020

DEATH

Deirdre Bair died at her home in New Haven, Connecticut, on April 17, 2020.

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