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(1923-2023) Writer, novelist. Louise Meriwether was born in Haverstraw, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Louise Meriwether

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Meriwether graduated from Central Commercial High School in Manhattan, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Ms. Meriwether taught creative writing at Sarah Lawrence College in Yonkers, New York.

1923

BIRTH

Louise Meriwether was born Louise Marion Jenkins in Haverstraw, New York, on May 8, 1923.

1930

RESIDENCE

Ms. Meriwether lived in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, during the 1930s.

1949

OTHER

Ms. Meriwether received a bachelor's degree in English from New York University in 1949.

1970

LITWORK

Daddy Was A Number Runner
Prentice Hall Direct
0131971034 / 978-0131971035
Novel.

1971

LITWORK

The Freedom Ship of Robert Smalls
Prentice Hall
978-0133310825
Biography.

1972

LITWORK

The Heart Man: Dr. Daniel Hale Williams
Prentice-Hall
0133852296 / 978-0133852295
Biography.

1973

LITWORK

Don't Ride the Bus on Monday: The Rosa Parks Story
Prentice Hall
0132187507 / 978-0132187503
Biography.

1988

LITWORK

Francie's Harlem
Amsterdam: Furie Literair
9071035239 / 978-9071035234
Novel.

1994

LITWORK

Fragments Of The Ark
Pocket Books
0671799479 / 978-0671799472
Young-adult novel.

2000

LITWORK

Shadow Dancing
One World/Ballantine
0345425952 / 978-0345425959
Novel.

2023

DEATH

Louise Meriwether died in a nursing home in Manhattan, New York, on October 10, 2023.

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