Chester Simon Kallman
(1921-1975) Poet, librettist. Chester Kallman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived most of his life in New York. He was known for his collaborations with W. H. Auden and Igor Stravinsky.
County: Kings
Marilyn French
(1929-2009) Novelist. Marilyn French was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Owen Vincent Dodson
(1914-1983) Poet, novelist, playwright. Owen Dodson was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Michael Stern
(1910-2009) Writer. Michael Stern was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Walter Daniel Schneir
(1927-2009) Writer. Walter Schneir was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote about the Rosenberg espionage case.
Alfred Kazin
(1915-1998) Writer. Alfred Kazin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in New York, New York.
James Purdy
(1914-2009) Writer. James Purdy was born in Hicksville, Ohio, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He lived in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York.
Jack Lawrence
(1912-2009) Lyricist. Jack Lawrence Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1912.
John Hope Franklin
(1915-2009) Historian, author. John Hope Franklin was chairman of the history department at Brooklyn College in Brooklyn, New York, from 1956 to 1964.
Ronald Tavel
(1936-2009) Playwright, screenwriter. Ronald Tavel was born in Brooklyn, New York.