Anthony Scaduto
(1932-2017) Biographer, journalist, author. Anthony Scaduto was born in and died in Brooklyn, New York. He was known for his biography of Bob Dylan.
Type: NY City
Nora Johnson
(1933-2017) Novelist, memoirist. Nora Johnson was born in Hollywood, California, and died in Dallas, Texas. When she was still a child she moved with her mother to New York.
Richard Purdy Wilbur
(1921-2017) Poet. Richard Wilbur was born in New York City and died in Belmont, Massachusetts. He was a winner of two Pulitzer Prizes and was selected as the national poet laureate.
Robert Guillaume
(1927-2017) Author. Robert Guillaume was born in St. Louis, Missouri, and died in Los Angeles, California.
Fay Chiang
(1952-2017) Poet. Fay Chiang was born in and died in the Bronx, New York.
Linda (Weinberg) Nochlin
(1931-2017) Historian. Linda Nochlin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York.
Ray Robinson
(1920-2017) Editor, writer. Ray Robinson was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. He wrote biographies and was a magazine editor.
Gilbert Rogin
(1929-2017) Editor, writer. Gilbert Rogin was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Westport, Connecticut. He wrote for the New Yorker and was an editor at Sports Illustrated.
Liz Smith
(1923-2017) Writer. Liz Smith was born in Fort Worth, Texas, and died in Manhattan, New York. She had been a New York tabloid gossip columnist for more than thirty years.
Vera Shlakman
(1909-2017) Author. Vera Shlakman was born in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and died in Manhattan, New York.