(1930-2001) Poet. Gregory Corso was born on Bleecker Street in New York City. Corso spent much of the first thirteen years of his life in orphanages, foster homes, and reform schools around New York City. He lived for a few years of his early life at 190 Clinton Street, on the Lower East Side of … Continued
(1871-1900) Novelist, poet, short-story writer. Stephen Crane grew up in Port Jervis, New York. He was a student at Syracuse University in 1891; he stayed at the D. U. fraternity house at 426 Ostrum Street. The University has a collection of Crane papers.
Writer. He lived in Cattaraugus County. It is said that Edward Cornplanter had lost a written account of “The Code of Handsome Lake” and set to rewrite it from memory into the pages of an old lacrosse ledger. The name Cornplanter may have been taken by his family and he is not thought of as … Continued
(1889-1957) “Iroquois Indian Games and Dances,” A writer, artist, and storyteller, Jesse Cornplanter was born on the Cattaraugus Reservation. He worked with his father, Edward Cornplanter, William Fenton, A.C. Parker and others on various books and publications. He did the picture writings for “Legends of the Longhouse” by A.C Parker. Along with other works he … Continued
(1906-1980) Poet, academic. Elliott Coleman was born in Binghamton, New York. He studied theology at the General Theological Seminary in New York, and died in Timonium, Maryland.
(1909-1976) Leader of Seneca Nation, traditional storyteller, journal-keeper. “Seneca Indian Stories.” Member of Heron Clan. As a dedicated journal keeper, he recorded traditional Seneca legends and tales and personal observations. This journal was found after his death and went on to be the published work “Seneca Indian Stories.” While he served as Seneca Chief for … Continued
(1789-1851) James Fenimore Cooper was born in Burlington, New Jersey, and his father soon moved the family and established Cooperstown, New York. Cooper is said to be the father of the American novel with “The Spy” (1821) and “The Pilot” (1823). Cooper also penned a little-known sequence of five novels called “The Leatherstocking Tales,” which … Continued