A R Ammons
(1926-2001) Poet. Archie Randolph Ammons was the author of many collections of poetry. Ammons was a professor at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.
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Nelson Algren
(1909-1981) Writer. “The Man with the Golden Arm” (1949) – National Book Award (1950)
W. H. Alden
W H Auden
(1907-1973) Poet, writer, playwright. W. H. Auden lived at 77 Saint Mark’s Place, Manhattan, New York, part of each year for almost 20 years; he attended Saint Mark’s-in-the-Bowery Church.
John Adams
(1735-1826) The second president of the United States. John Adams, who was also an eloquent political philosopher, wrote a number of essays, including his “A Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Laws (1765), and he also kept a journal throughout his life. In 1797, while avoiding the yellow fever epidemic in Philadelphia, Adams lived at … Continued
Sholem Aleichem
(1859-1916) Novelist, playwright. Sholem Aleichem was born in Russia, lived his last years in the United States and died in New York City. Throughout his life, he wrote novels, short stories, and plays, all exclusively in Yiddish. The musical “Fiddler on the Roof” is based on some of his short stories. He was the father … Continued
Sholem Asch
(1880-1957) Yiddish writer, playwright. Asch lived in the Bronx, New York.
Hervey Allen
(1889-1949) Novelist, poet, biographer. Allen served as trustee of Cazenovia Junior College. 1924-1926 He taught English at Columbia University. His works include “Israfel” (1926), a biography of Edgar Allan Poe and “Anthony Adverse” (1933), a popular novel. His first book of poetry is “Wampum and Old Gold” (1921).
Susan B. (Brownell) Anthony
(1820-1906) Reformer, editor, publisher. Susan B. Anthony was born in Adams, Massachusetts. She received her education in rural Monroe County, New York where she began teaching in 1846. She helped launch the Women’s State Temperance Society of New York in 1852, which brought her into the women’s suffrage movement. In 1868, with Elizabeth Cady Stanton, … Continued
Samuel Hopkins Adams
(1871-1958) Journalist, author. Samuel Hopkins Adams was born in Dunkirk, New York. He wrote for the New York Sun, McClure’s Magazine, and Collier’s Weekly.