Roy Wilkins
(1901-1981) Journalist, civil rights leader. Roy Wilkins lived the last thirty years of his life at 147-15 Village Road, Parkway Village, Flushing, Queens, New York.
(1901-1981) Journalist, civil rights leader. Roy Wilkins lived the last thirty years of his life at 147-15 Village Road, Parkway Village, Flushing, Queens, New York.
(1911-1983) Playwright, novelist. Tennessee Williams stayed at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York. In 1995 the United States Postal Service issued its twelfth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Tennessee Williams.
(1902-1984) Lyricist, librettist, playwright, author. Meredith Willson was educated at Damrosch Institute of Musical Art (now known as The Juilliard School). He lived in Manhattan.
(1897-1972) Reporter, columnist. “The New York Daily Mirror,” wrote gossip about the stars. 800 papers carried his daily column. He was born and lived in Manhattan.
(1919-2003) Writer. “Forever Amber” (1944), moved to Manhattan after her husband’s death in 1975.
(1900-1938) Writer. “Look, Homeward Angel” (1929), lived at 13 E. 8th Street, University Place and E. 10th Street, the Hotel Chelsea on 23rd St., and 27 15th Street.
(1845-1924) Poet, lyricist, activist. “Flag Song,” made her Wyoming County estate, Hillside, a refuge for artists and students.
(1893-1980) Writer. Mae West was born in Brooklyn, New York, and lived on 89th Street, Woodhaven in Queens, New York. She is buried in Cypress Hills Cemetery, 833 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, New York.
(1908-1960) Writer, novelist. Richard Wright lived at 175 Carlton Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1930s and early 1940s. He also lived at 467 Waverly Place, 82 Washington Place, and 13 Charles Street, all in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. In 2009 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-fifth stamp in the Literary … Continued
(1903-1940) Novelist, screenwriter. Nathanael West was born in Manhattan, New York and is buried in Mount Zion Cemetery in Queens, New York. In 1931, he worked on his famous novel “Miss Lonelyhearts” (1933) while vacationing in a cabin on Viele Pond near Warrensburg, New York.