(1916-2007)Stage and Screen Writer. David Shaw, the brother of Irwin Shaw (writer)was a Tony-Award-winning writer and also wrote scripts for many highly regared shows of television’s golden age (for example “Playhouse 90” and “Studio One”). For the cinema, Shaw worte the screenplay for “If It’s Tuesday, This Must Be Belgium.” Shaw served with the Army … Continued
(1912-2007) Writer. Madeleine Bettina Stern was born in Manhattan, New York in 1912 and died in Manhattan, New York in 2007. Ms. Stern was a rare-book dealer and a founder of the New York Antiquarian Book Fair.
(1925-2007) Curator, writer. John Szarkowski was a photography curator and the writer of books on that subject.
(1948-2007) Performance poet. Sekou Sundiata was born in the Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan, New York, and died in Valhalla, New York.
Christina Starobin is an international award winning poet, writer and lecturer living in upstate New York. She has a Bachelor of Arts degree from Harvard (cum laude), an MA from Columbia and a PhD from NYU. In 1982 her poem “All over the world” won a Duncan Lawrie award from Sotheby’s International Poetry competition (35 … Continued
(1916-2007) Writer. Marshall Shulman was an expert on the Soviet Union.
(1929-2007) Opera singer, author. Belle Miriam Silverman was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1929 and died in Manhattan, New York in 2007. She was a popular opera soprano, advocate for the arts, and author of two autobiographies.
(1931-1999) Historian. Robert Sobel was born in the Bronx, New York, in 1931 and died in 1999. He was a well-known writer of business histories.
Alan Shalleck collaborated with Margret Rey in writing several books and short television episodes about “Curious George.”
(1924-2007) Biographer. Emily Sunstein was born in Dallas, Texas in 1924 and died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in 2007.