Lester Dent
(1904-1959) Author. Lester Dent was born in La Plata, Missouri, and died in Kirksville, Missouri. He came to New York City in 1931 to write for Dell Publishing. He was the author of most of the “Doc” Savage stories.
Type: NY City
Ulysses S. Grant
(1822-1885) Author. Ulysses S. Grant was born in Point Pleasant, Ohio, and died in Wilton, New York.
Ursula K. Le Guin
(1929-2018) Author. Ursula K. Le Guin was born in Berkeley, California, and died in Portland, Oregon. She received a master’s degree in romance literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance from Columbia University in 1952.
Wyatt Tee Walker
(1929-2018) Author. Wyatt Tee Walker was born in Brockton, Massachusetts, and died in Chester, Virginia.
Andre Breton
(1896-1966) Poet, author, essayist. Andre Breton was born in Tinchebray, Orne, France, and died in Paris, France. He moved with his family to New York City at the beginning of World War II.
Bernadine Morris
(1925-2018) Author. Bernadine Morris was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, and died in the Bronx, New York. She was for many years a fashion critic for the New York Times.
Robert Pincus-Witten
(1935-2018) Art critic, historian. Robert Pincus-Witten was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He was a professor at the City University of New York from 1964 until 1990.
Nicholas Von Hoffman
(1929-2018) Journalist, author. Nicholas von Hoffman was born in New York City and died in Rockport, Maine.
Gene Sharp
(1928-2018) Author. Gene Sharp was born in North Baltimore, Ohio, and died in Boston, Massachusetts.
Clifford Irving
(1930-2017) Author. Clifford Irving was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Sarasota, Florida.