Betty Smith
(1896-1972) Writer novelist. Betty Smith was born in Brooklyn, New York.
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Edgar Smith
(1857-1938) Lyricist, librettist. “Hurly Burly” (1898), “Robinson Crusoe, Jr.” (1916), was born in Brooklyn and died in Bayside.
Irving Stettner
(1922-2004) Poet. Irving Stettner was born in Brooklyn, New York in 1922 and died in Dallas, Pennsylvania in 2004.
Robert Charles Sands
(1799-1832) Poet, writer. Robert Charles Sands was born in Flatbush, Brooklyn, New York. He lived at 8 Hester Street, Manhattan, New York.
Margaret Higgins Sanger
Activist, author. “What Every Mother Should Know,” established the US’s first birth control clinic in Brooklyn in 1921
Delmore Schwartz
(1913-1966) Poet, writer. Delmore Schwartz was born in Brooklyn, New York. He graduated from New York University in 1935 and lived at 775 Greenwich Street. His last address was 70 West 46th Street. He was an editor of the Partisan Review (1943-55).
Hubert Selby Jr
(1928-2004) Writer, novelist. Hubert Selby, Jr. was born in Brooklyn, New York.
Frank Samperi
(1933-1991) Poet. Frank Samperi was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Sun City, Arizona.
Carl Sagan
(1934-1996) Astronomer, writer. Carl Sagan was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Seattle, Washington.
Lawrence Schwab
(1893-1951) Librettist. “No, No, Nanette” (1925), lived and died in Southhampton, New York.