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(1908-1997) Novelist. Leo Rosten worked in New York City. He was a novelist who often used the pseudonym Leonard Q. Ross.

Full Name

Leo Rosten

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


1908

BIRTH

Leo Calvin Rosten was born in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) in 1908.

1937

LITWORK

The Education of H *Y*-M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N


Collection of sketches.

1944

LITWORK

The Conspirators


Screen play.

1946

LITWORK

The Dark Corner


Novel.

1947

LITWORK

Lured


Screen play.

1948

LITWORK

Sleep, My Love


Novel.

1949

OTHER

Rosten began working for Look magazine in New York, New York in 1949 and worked there until 1971. He also lectured at Columbia University.

1959

LITWORK

The Return of H*Y*M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N


Collection of sketches.

1963

LITWORK

Captain Newman, M.D.


Novel.

1968

LITWORK

The Joys of Yiddish

1976

LITWORK

O K*A*P*L*A*N! My K*A*P*L*A*N!


Collection of sketches.

1982

LITWORK

Hooray for Yiddish!

1997

DEATH

Leo Rosten died in New York, New York in 1997.

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