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(1932-1999) Writer. Shelby Silverstein, or Sheldon Alan Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died iin Key West, Florida. He lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York.

Full Name

Shel Silverstein

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Silverstein lived in Greenwich Village, New York, New York.

1930

BIRTH

Sheldon Alan Silverstein, or Shelby Silverstein, was born in Chicago, Illinois, in 1932.

1961

LITWORK

Uncle Shelby's ABZ Book: A Primer for Tender Minds

067121148X
Children's book.

1963

LITWORK

Uncle Shelby's Story Of Lafcadio, The Lion Who Shot Back


Children's book.

1964

LITWORK

The Giving Tree
Harper.

Children's book.

1964

LITWORK

A Giraffe And A Half


Children's book.

1964

LITWORK

Uncle Shelby's Zoo: Don't Bump the Glump


Children's book.

1964

LITWORK

Who Wants a Cheap Rhinoceros?


Children's book.

1974

LITWORK

Where The Sidewalk Ends: The Poems And Drawings Of Shel Silverstein
Harper.

Collection of children's poetry.

1976

LITWORK

The Missing Piece


Children's book.

1981

LITWORK

A Light in the Attic
Harper.

Collection of children's poetry.

1997

LITWORK

Falling Up
HarperCollins.

Collection of poetry.

1999

DEATH

Shel Silverstein died of a heart attack in Key West, Florida, in 1999.

1999

INTERMENT

Shel Silverstein was interred at Westlawn Cemetery, Chicago, Illinois.

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