Mary Rodgers
(1931-2014) Author. Mary Rodgers was born in and died in Manhattan, New York. She wrote songs and children’s books.
Type: NY City
Karen Horney
Karen Horney (1885-1952) Psychoanalyst, author. Karen Horney was born in Blankenese, Germany, and died in Hartsdale, New York. Ms. Horney was dean of the American Institute for Psychoanalysis and honorary president of the Karen Horney Foundation of New York.
Nancy Garden
(1938-2014) Novelist. Nancy Garden was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and died in Carlisle, Massachusetts.
Maya Angelou
(1928-2014) Author, poet. Maya Angelou was born in Saint Louis, Missouri, and died in Winston-Salem, North Carolina.
Lynne Alvarez
(1947-2009) Poet, playwright. Lynne Alvarez was born in Portland, Oregon, and came to New York in 1977.
Maxine Greene
(1917-2014) Author. Maxine Greene was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. She attended the Berkeley School in Brooklyn, received a bachelor’s degree from Barnard College in Manhattan, and master’s degree and doctorate from New York University.
Peter Glaser
(1923-2014) Author. Peter Glaser was born in Zatec, Czechoslovakia, and died in Lexington, Massachusetts.
Steven H. Scheuer
(1926-2014) Writer, critic. Steven H. Scheuer was born in and died in Manhattan, New York.
Morris A. Adelman
(1917-2014) Writer. Morris A. Adelman was born in New York City and died in Newton, Massachusetts.
Isabelle Collin Dufresne
(1935-2014) Author. Isabelle Collin Dufresne, known as Ultra Violet, was born in La Tronche, France, and died in Manhattan, New York.