Betsy Von Furstenberg
(1931-2015) Writer. Betsy von Furstenberg was born in Arnsberg, Germany, and died in Manhattan, New York. She left Germany and came to New York with her parents before World War II.
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Stuart Vaughan
(1925-2014) Writer. Stuart Vaughan was born in Teerre Haute, Indiana, and died in High Bridge, New Jersey.
Ned Vizzini
(1981-2013) Novelist. Ned Vizzini was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Gabriel Vahanian
(1927-2012) Author. Gabriel Vahanian was born in Marseille, France, and died in Strasbourg, France.
Gore Vidal
(1925-2012) Author, screenwriter, playwright. Gore Vidal was born in West Point, New York, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Samuel S Vaughan
(1928-2012) Publisher. Samuel S. Vaughan was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and died in Tenafly, New Jersey. Mr. Vaughan worked for Doubleday & Company in New York for many years.
Paul Randolph Violi
(1944-2011) Paul Violi was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Cortlandt Manor, New York.
Matteo Vittucci
(1919-2011) Author. Matteo was born in Utica, New York, and died in Englewood, New Jersey. He was a master of Spanish dance and the author of books on that subject.
Janine Pommy Vega
(1942-2010) Poet. Janine Pommy Vega was a poet associated with the Beats. She lived in Willow, New York. She was born in Jersey City, New Jersey, and died in Willow, New York.
Gloria Vando
Gloria Vando’s most recent collection, Woven Voices: Three Generations of Puertorriqueña Poets Look at Their American Lives with Anita Velez-Mitchell and Anika Paris (2012, Scapegoat Press). Shadows & Supposes (Arte Público Press), won the Poetry Society of America’s Alice Fay Di Castagnola Award and the Latino Literary Hall of Fame’s Poetry Book Award. She is … Continued