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Gertrude Himmelfarb

(1922-2019) Historian, author. Gertrude Himmelfarb was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Washington, District of Columbia.

Buck Henry

(1930-2020) Screenwriter. Buck Henry was born in New York City and died in Los Angeles, California.

Samuel Hynes

(1924-2019) Author, literary critic. Samuel Hynes was born in Chicago, Illinois, and died in Princeton, New Jersey. He earned a master’s and doctorate from Columbia University.

Robert Hunter

(1941-2019) Lyricist, poet. Robert Hunter was born in Arroyo Grande, California, and died in San Rafael, California.

Ayun Halliday

Ayun Halliday is the author of seven books, including No Touch Monkey! And Other Travel Lessons Learned Too Late. She is the Chief Primatologist (and sole employee of the award-winning, long-running, hand-illustrated, handwritten zine, The East Village Inky (est. 1998). Her writing and comics have appeared in The New York Times, BUST, BITCH, Narratively, NextTribe … Continued

Lee Bennett Hopkins

(1938-2019) Educator, poet, author, anthologist. Lee Bennett Hopkins was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, and died in Cape Coral, Florida. He wrote poetry for children and edited many poetry anthologies. He either wrote or edited more than 100 books.