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H M Koutoukas

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(1937-2010) Author, playwright. H. M. Koutoukas was born in Endicott, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was best known as the author of surrealist plays.

Charles Muscatine

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(1920-2010) Writer. Charles Samuel Muscatine was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Oakland, California. He was best known as a Chaucer scholar.

Charlie Gillett

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(1942-2010) Historian. Charlie Gillett was born in Morecambe, in Lancaster, England, and died in London, England. He studied at and received his master’s degree from Teachers College of Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

Sid Fleischman

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(1920-2010) Author. Sid Fleischman was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Monica, California. He was a winner of a Newbery Award in 1987.

Louis Stanton Auchincloss

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(1917-2010) Writer. Louis Auchincloss was born in Lawrence, New York, and died in Manhattan, New York. He worked as a lawyer in Manhattan, New York, for many years.

Howard Zinn

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(1922-2010) Historian. Howard Zinn was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in Santa Monica, California. He grew up in New York City and received a B. A. at New York University and his master’s and doctoral degrees at Columbia University.

Hans Louis Trefousse

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(1921-2010) Writer. Hans L. Trefousse was born in Frankfurt, Germany, and died on Staten Island, New York. He settled with his family in the mid-1930s on Staten Island, New York, and received a bachelor’s degree from City College of New York and master’s and doctoral degrees in history from Columbia University.

Jack Block

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(1924-2010) Psychologist, writer. Jack Block was born in Brooklyn, New York, and died in El Cerrito, California.