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(1939-2019) Historian, author. Myrna Katz Frommer was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Lyme, New Hampshire. She was married to the historian and author Harvey Frommer.

Full Name

Myrna Katz Frommer

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

As a child, Ms. Frommer lived in the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York.

1939

BIRTH

Myrna Katz was born in Brooklyn, New York, on March 29, 1939.

1960

OTHER

Ms. Frommer earned a bachelor's degree from New York University.

1960

RESIDENCE

Ms. Frommer moved to Far Rockaway, Queens, New York, in about 1960.

1961

OTHER

Ms. Frommer taught English and speech in Manhattan, New York, from 1961 to 1965.

1970

RESIDENCE

Ms. Frommer lived with her family in North Woodmere, New York, on Long Island, during the 1970s.

1978

OTHER

Ms. Frommer was a professor of speech and rhetoric at Kingsborough Community College in Brooklyn, New York, beginning in 1978.

1978

OTHER

Ms. Frommer was an editor at McGraw-Hill Book Company in Manhattan, New York, from 1978 to 1980.

1981

LITWORK

The Sports Date Book
Tempo Books

Nonfiction written with Harvey Frommer.

1987

OTHER

Ms. Frommer earned a doctorate in media ecology from New York University in 1987.

1991

LITWORK

It Happened In The Catskills
Harcourt
0151052107 / 978-0151052103
History edited by Ms. Frommer and Harvey Frommer.

1992

RESIDENCE

The Frommers moved to New Hampshire in 1992.

1993

LITWORK

It Happened in Brooklyn
Harcourt Brace & Company
0151143665 / 978-0151143665
History written with Harvey Frommer.

1995

LITWORK

Growing Up Jewish in America
Harcourt
0151001324 ISBN-13: 978-0151001323
History written with Harvey Frommer.

1998

LITWORK

It Happened on Broadway
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
0151002800 ISBN-13: 978-0151002801
History written with Harvey Frommer.

2001

LITWORK

It Happened In Manhattan
Berkley Books
0425181693 ISBN-13: 978-0425181690
History compiled by Ms. Frommer and Harvey Frommer.

2005

LITWORK

Always Up Front
Gefen Publishing House
9652293385 ISBN-13: 978-9652293381
Memoirs of Helen Fried Kirshblum Goldstein as told to Ms. Frommer.

2015

LITWORK

It Happened in Miami, the Magic City: An Oral History
Taylor Trade Publishing
158979950X ISBN-13: 978-1589799509
History written with Harvey Frommer.

2019

DEATH

Myrna Katz Frommer died at her home in Lyme, New Hampshire, on August 8, 2019.

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