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(1917-1989) Poet. Ruth Lisa Schechter was born in Boston, Massachusetts, grew up in New York City, and spent most of her life working in New York City hospitals. She was the mother of the writer Danny Schechter.

Full Name

Ruth Lisa Schechter

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ms. Schechter lived and worked most of her life in New York City.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Ms. Schechter lived the last fifteen years of her life in Croton On Hudson, New York, where she founded the Croton Council of the Arts.

1917

BIRTH

Ruth Lisa Lubin was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1917.

1969

LITWORK

Near The Wall of Lion Shadows
Syracuse, New York: The Salt Mound Press

Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Suddenly Thunder
Barlenmir House
0879290048 / 978-0879290047
Collection of poetry.

1972

LITWORK

Offshore
Barlenmir House
0879290366 / 978-0879290368
Collection of poetry.

1977

LITWORK

Moving Closer - New and Selected Poems
New York: Catalyst Press

Collection of poetry.

1978

LITWORK

Double Exposure
Barlenmir House Publishers

9780879290665
Collection of poetry written with Paul Kaufman.

1979

LITWORK

Clockworks
Barlenmir House
0879290609 / 978-0879290603
Collection of poetry.

1983

LITWORK

Speedway: Poems
Chantry Press
0941608034 / 978-0941608039
Collection of poetry.

1986

LITWORK

Chords & Other Poems
Chantry Press
978-0941608060 / 0941608069
Collection of poetry.

1989

DEATH

Ruth Lisa Schechter died in 1989.

1989

LITWORK

Many Rooms In A Winter Night
Croton Review Press

Collection of poetry.

1989

LITWORK

Twelve Arrangements For A Japanese Tea Garden / Haiku
Croton On Hudson, New York: Croton Review Press

Collection of poetry.

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