Clemente Soto Velez
(1905-1993) Poet, journalist. Clemente Soto Velez was born in Lares, Puerto Rico, in 1905, and moved to New York in 1942.
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Preston Sturges
(1898-1959) Writer. Preston Sturges was interred at Ferncliff Cemetery in Hartsdale, New York.
Francis Hopkinson Smith
(1838-1915) Writer, engineer. Francis Hopkinson Smith worked in a New York iron foundry during the Civil War and later became an engineer in the New York City area.
Phil Stong
(1899-1957) Novelist. Phil Stong came to New York City for graduate work at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York. He authored more than forty books.
Jason Shinder
(1955-2008) Poet. Jason Shinder was born in Brooklyn, New York and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the author of two volumes of poetry and editor of many anthologies. He was founder of the Y.M.C.A. National Writer’s Voice program.
Gilbert Sorrentino
(1929-2006) Novelist, poet. Gilbert Sorrentino was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Terry Southern
(1924-1995) Novelist, screenwriter. Terry Southern was born in Alvalrado, Texas, and died in New York, New York. He lived in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York, from 1953 to 1956.
George R Stewart
(1895-1980) Novelist. George R. Stewart received his Ph.D. in English literature from Columbia University in Manhattan, New York in 1922.
Grace Zaring Stone
(1891-1991) Novelist. Grace Zaring Stone was born in Manhattan, New York in 1891. She also used the pseudonym Ethel Vance.
Ronald Sukenick
(1932-2004) Novelist. Ronald Sukenick was born in Brooklyn, New York, and attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New York.