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Marie Winn (1936-2024) Author, journalist. Marie Winn was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, and died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

Marie Winn

Locations

BronxNew York

Author's Timeline


1936

Birth

Marie Winn was born Marie Wienerova in Prague, Czechoslovakia, on October 21, 1936.

1939

Other Life Event

Ms. Winn’s family emigrated to New York City in 1939.

0000

Other Life Event

Bronx County: Ms. Winn attended the Bronx High School of Science.

1959

Other Life Event

New York County: Ms. Winn graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies in 1959.

1966

Literary Work

The Fireside Book of Children’s Songs
Simon and Schuster
Children’s book.

1970

Literary Work

The Man Who Made Fine Tops: A Story About Why People Do Different Kinds of Work
Simon and Schuster
067165098X / 978-0671650988
Children’s book.

1976

Literary Work

The Sick Book: Questions and Answers About Hiccups and Mumps, Sneezes and Bumps, and Other Things That Go Wrong with Us
Four Winds Press
0590072595 / 978-0590072595
Children’s book.

1977

Literary Work

The Plug-in Drug: Television, Children, and the Family
Viking Adult
0670561606 / 978-0670561605
Nonfiction.

1983

Literary Work

Children Without Childhood: Growing Up Too Fast in the World of Sex and Drugs
Penguin Books (1984)
0140071059 / 978-0140071054
Nonfiction.

1987

Literary Work

Unplugging the Plug-in Drug
Viking Adult
0670818879 / 978-0670818877
Nonfiction.

1998

Literary Work

Red-Tails in Love: A Wildlife Drama in Central Park
Pantheon
0679439978 / 978-0679439974
Nonfiction.

2008

Literary Work

Central Park in the Dark: More Mysteries of Urban Wildlife
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
0374120110 / 978-0374120115
Nonfiction.

2024

Death

New York County: Marie Winn died at a hospital in Manhattan, New York, on December 25, 2024.

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