(1937-2003) Poet, translator. “The Tale of the Amazing Tramp” (1977), “The Fable of the Final Hour” (1958), Dan Propper was born at Coney Island Hospital, lived in Woodstock, New York and Saugerties, and died in Saugerties, New York in 2003.
(1929-2001) Poet. Raymond R. Patterson was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, and received his M.A. from New York University. Mr. Patterson was on the board of the Walt Whitman Birthplace for many years.
(1869-1911) Critic, writer, editor. “The Clack Book”
(1929-2002) Novelist. Chaim Potok was born in the Bronx, New York to Jewish immigrant parents. His writing dealt mainly with Jewish issues. Chaim Potok died in 2002.
(1791-1852) Playwright, poet, actor. John Payne was born in New York. He wrote over 65 plays. At 14, while working in a New York counting house, he spent his spare hours editing and published the Thespian Mirror, a journal of events and gossip in the theatrical world of the time. Mr. Payne’s first play “Julia;” … Continued
(1946-1988) Playwright. Born in Puerto Rico. His play, “Short Eyes” (1974) won NY Drama Critics’ Circle Award and Obis Award for best off-Broadway play of 1973-74. Co-edited “Nuyorican Poetry” (1975). In 1980, he published his own collection, “La Bodega Sold Dreams” (1980). He committed suicide in 1988.
(1809-1849) Poet, writer, novelist. Edgar Allan Poe moved to New York in 1844; living at 6th Avenue and Waverly Place, 113 ½ Carmine Street, 130 Greenwich Street, 18 Amity Street (now West 3rd Street), 85 Amity Street, and 195 Broadway. He became editor and part owner of Broadway Journal, publishing Walt Whitman, etc. In 1846, … Continued
(1890-1980) Writer, novelist. Katherine Anne Porter lived at 75 Washington Place, Manhattan, New York. In 2006 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-second stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Katherine Anne Porter.
Writer. “The Trial of Helen McLeod,” lived on South Boulevard, Nyack, for 30 years (and died at her home).
(1877-1960) Writer. Bellamy Partridge was born in Phelps, New York, in 1877.