H C Robbins Landon
(1926-2009) Writer. H. C. Robbins was born in Boston, Massachusetts, in 1926, and died near Toulouse, France, in 2009.
County: Queens
Pauli Murray
(1910-1985) Poet. Anna Pauline Murray was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. She was a graduate of Hunter College.
Celia Dropkin
(1887-1956) Poet. Celia Dropkin was born in Bobruysk, Belarus. She lived in New York City, and is buried in the Mount Lebanon Cemetery in Queens, New York. She lived during later years in Florida and in the Catskills of New York.
Alan Dugan
(1923-2003) Poet. Alan Dugan was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Joseph Ceravolo
(1934-1988) Poet. Joseph Ceravolo was a poet associated with the New York School. He was born in Queens, New York, but lived much of his life in New Jersey.
Bloodgood Haviland Cutter
(1817-1906) Poet. Bloodgood Cutter lived in Little Neck, New York.
Crockett Johnson
(1906-1975) Writer. Crockett Johnson was born in New York City. He was the author and illustrator of many children’s books. He was the husband of Ruth Krauss.
Frank Yerby
(1916-1991) Novelist, poet. Frank Yerby was born in Augusta, Georgia, and died in Madrid, Spain. He worked in an aircraft factory in Jamaica, Queens, New York.
John Leonard
(1939-2008) Writer, critic. John Leonard was born in Washington, D.C., and spent part of his childhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. He died in Manhattan, New York.
William M Murphy
(1916-2008) Biographer. William M. Murphy was the author of biographies of the family of William Butler Yeats. Murphy was born in Queens, New York, and died in Schenectady, New York.