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(1925-2000) Writer, illustrator, playwright. Born in Chicago. He was a roommate of FRANK O’HARA at Harvard in 1946. Gorey graduated in 1950, having majored in French. He moved to New York City in the early 1950s to design book covers for Doubleday. He also did illustrations for the “New Yorker” and the “New York Times.” Books include “The Unstrung Harp,” “The Gashlycrumb Tinies,” “The Doubtful Guest,” “The Wuggly-Ump.”

Full Name

Edward Gorey

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

LITWORK

"The Wuggly-Ump"

1925

BIRTH

Born in Chicago, Illinois.

1950

RESIDENCE

Moved to New York City in the early 1950s.

1953

LITWORK

"The Unstrung Harp"

1957

LITWORK

"The Doubtful Guest"

1963

LITWORK

"The Gashleycrumb Tinies"

2000

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