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Hugh Fordin

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(1935-2019) Writer. Hugh Fordin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Titusville, New Jersey.

Sidney Verba

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(1932-2019) Writer. Sidney Verba was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Donald Keene

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(1922-2019) Translator. Donald Keene was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Tokyo, Japan. The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture at Columbia University is named in his honor.

John Oliver Killens

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(1916-1987) Author. John Oliver Killens was born in Macon, Georgia, and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was a founder of the Harlem Writers Guild.

Charles J Hynes

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(1935-2019) Attorney, author. Charles J. Hynes was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Deerfield Beach, Florida.

Juris Jurjevics

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(1943-2018) Novelist. Juris Jurjevics was born in Tukums, Latvia, and died in the Bronx, New York. He immigrated to New York with his family in 1950. His first wife was the novelist and short story writer, Laurie Colwin, who died in 1992. He, along with Laura Chapman Hruska and Alan Hruska, was a founder of … Continued