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Charles Brackett

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(1892-1969) Novelist, screenwriter. Charles Brackett was born in Saratoga Springs, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.

Ann Eliza Bleeker

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(1752-1783) Writer, poet. Ann Eliza Bleecker was one of America’s first female novelists, writers of fiction, and also a poet. She married John J. Bleecker in 1769 and moved to Tomhannock, near Albany, New York, but her family was displaced by John Burgoyne’s approaching army. After enduring great horrors and distresses, they made their escape … Continued

Robert Charles Benchley

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(1889-1945) Writer, journalist, humorist. Robert Benchley was born in Worcester, Massachusetts, lived at the McBurney YMCA, 215 West 23rd Street, New York, New York, in 1912; he also lived at the Gramercy Court, East 22nd Street, and at 536 Madison Avenue, New York, New York. He spent his boyhood summers in Nyack, New York. He … Continued

Kay Boyle

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(1902-1992) Writer. Kay Boyle lived in Nyack, New York, in the early 1940s and taught a night course at Nyack High School.

Ludwig Bemelmans

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(1898-1962) Writer, illustrator. Ludwig Bemelmans lived and worked in Manhattan, New York, and was stationed at Fort Ontario in Oswego, New York, during World War I. He is best known for his series of “Madeline” books.

Henry Cuyler Bunner

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(1855-1896) Poet, short story writer, editor of comic weekly. Henry Cuyler Bunner was born on West Seneca Street in Oswego, New York. He was educated in New York City. After a brief attempt at office work there, he joined the staff of a short-lived weekly, the “Arcadian.” He soon transferred to the staff of “Puck,” … Continued

Harry Bloom

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(1918-1996) Writer, editor, publisher. Harry Bloom lived in Oneonta, New York, and was a professor at SUNY Oneonta for a number of years where there is now offered a writing prize in his memory.

Leonard Bacon

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(1887-1954) Poet. Leonard Bacon was born in Solvay, New York in 1887. Bacon grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Yale University in 1909. He moved to Berkeley, California and taught at the University of California, Berkeley.

Djuna Barnes

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(1892-1982) Novelist, journalist, artist. Djuna Barnes’ autobiographical novel, “Nightwood” (1936) was recently named one of the 10 greatest lesbian novels of the 20th century. Ms. Barnes lived at 5 Patchin Place, Greenwich Village, New York, New York, from 1940 until she died in 1982.