(1886-1947) Illustrator, writer of children’s stories. Hugh Lofting was born in Maidenhead, Berkshire, England. He came to America and attended the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1904-05 to study engineering. He returned to England complete his education at the London Polytechnic in 1906-07. He became a civil engineer and traveled through Africa, the West Indies, … Continued
(1915-2002)Writer, folklorist. “Mister Jelly Roll: The Fortunes of Jelly Roll Morton, New Orleans Creole and ‘Inventor of Jazz’” (1973), lived at 215 W. 98th Street in Manhattan, New York.
(1898-1936) Spanish poet, playwright and dramatist. Attended Columbia University, living in Furnald Hall, for a year. The poetry, passion, and violence of his work and his own tragic and bloody death, brought him enduring international acclaim. A joyous, versatile person, he was an accomplished musician and had an enormously original theatrical imagination. GarcÍa Lorca’s works … Continued
(1934-1992) Poet, writer, essayist, novelist, and teacher. Audre Lorde was born in New York City, and grew up in Manhattan, New York, where she attended Catholic school. She was a Hunter graduate in 1959 with a bachelor’s degree. In 1961 she received a Masters in library science from Columbia University and worked as a librarian … Continued
(1874-1925) Poet. Amy Lowell lived at 61 Washington Square, in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.
(1917-1977)(Robert Traill Spence Lowell, IV) Poet. Robert Lowell lived in Manhattan, New York, and served a jail sentence as a conscientious objector in the 1940s in a New York City jail; he died in a taxicab coming to Manhattan, New York, to see his former wife Eliazbeth Hardwick. He was also married to Jean Stafford. … Continued
(1901-1963) Writer and anthropologist. Oliver La Farge was born in New York City. He graduated from Harvard (B.A. 1924, M.A. 1929). He conducted three archaeological expeditions to Arizona and ethnological expeditions to Guatemala and Mexico. La Farge used his field experience to authenticate his reflective stories of Native American habit and character. “Laughing Boy” (1929), … Continued
(c.1834-c.1914) Writer, tutor of the 67 children of the King of Siam. “The Romance of the Harem” (1873), moved to Staten Island and ran a school on Richmond Terrace in West New Brighton.
(1851-1926) Writer, editor. Rose Hawthorne Lathrop lived in Manhattan, New York, and died in Hawthorne, New York. She was Nathaniel Hawthorne’s daughter and was married to George Parsons Lathrop. Following her husband’s death, she became a nun and was known as Mother Mary Alphonsa.
(1905-1971) Novelist. Manfred Lee was born in Brooklyn, New York. He wrote under the pseudonym, Ellery Queen, with his cousin Frederic Dannay. Mr. Lee lived in Mount Vernon, New York.