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Kurt Vonnegut Jr

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(1922-2007) Writer. Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. was the author of many satirical novels. He attended Cornell University in Ithaca, New YOrk, and later, lived in Schenectady, New York.

Antonio Vallone

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Antonio Vallone is an associate professor of English and creative writing at Penn State DuBois and a member of the Pennsylvania State University graduate faculty. At Penn State DuBois, he’s won Delta Mu Sigma’s Professor of the Year. In 1999, he won the Pennsylvania State University’s George W. Atherton Award for Excellence in Teaching. In … Continued

Frank N Van Zant

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Van Zant is Director of one of the oldest alternative schools in the country, The Greenhouse, in Rockville Centre, New York. He’s been awarded Honorary Lifetime Member by the NYPTA and Teacher of Excellence by NYSEC. At George Washington University, where he earned a scholarship as a pitcher, he was named University Poet in 1983. … Continued

Amy Vanderbilt

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(1908-1974) Writer, journalist. Amy Vanderbilt was born and died in New York City. She worked for the “Staten Island Advance.” She wrote “The Amy Vanderbilt Complete Book of Etiquette” (1952), and “The Right Thing To Do” (1960).

Carl Clinton Van Doren

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(1885-1950) Editor, writer, author. Brother of MARK VAN DOREN. He lived at 47 Charlton Street and 123 11th Street, both in Greenwich Village. He lectured at Columbia from 1911 and was an associate in English until 1930. He was also editor of the “Nation” (1919-22) and the “Century Magazine” (1922-25), managing editor of “The Cambridge … Continued

Mark Van Doren

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(1894-1972/73) Poet, writer, critic. Mark Van Doren graduated with a Ph.D. from Columbia in 1920, and became assistant professor of English and went on to teach as a professor from 1942 to 1959. His pupils include John Berryman, Thomas Merton, Allen Ginsberg, and Lionel Trilling. He was also on the staff of the “Nation” from … Continued

Mona Van Duyn

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(1921-2004) Poet, editor. Mona Van Duyn was a life chancellor of the Academy of American Poets and Poet Laureate Consultant in Poetry to the Library of Congress from 1992 to 1993.

Bernardo Vega

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(1885-1965) Writer. Born in Puerto Rico. Moved to Manhattan in 1916. Political activist and socialist. Memoirs published in 1977. Wrote humorous articles.