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Philip Roth

(1933-2018) Novelist. Philip Roth was born in Newark, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a winner of two National Book Awards, two National Book Critics Circle awards, three PEN / Faulkner Awards, a Pulitzer Prize, and the Man Booker International Prize.

Alexandra Ripley

(1934-2004) Writer. Alexandra Ripley was born in Charleston, South Carolina, and died in Richmond, Virginia. She was a graduate of Vassar College and the author of the novel, “Scarlett.”

Edward Rowny

(1917-2017) Author. Edward Rowny was born in Baltimore, Maryland, and died in Washington, District of Columbia. He studied at West Point.

Ray Robinson

(1920-2017) Editor, writer. Ray Robinson was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote biographies and was a magazine editor.

Gilbert Rogin

(1929-2017) Editor, writer. Gilbert Rogin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut. He wrote for the New Yorker and was an editor at Sports Illustrated.

Carolyn Raphael

Carolyn Raphael is the poetry coordinator for the village of Great Neck Plaza in her hometown, Great Neck, New York, where she supervises an annual poetry contest. She also places poems on local bulletin boards, much as “Poetry in Motion” places poems on the subway. She is the proud grandmother of four boys and one … Continued