Burton Watson
(1925-2017) Translator. Burton Watson was born in New Rochelle, New York, and died in Kamagaya, Japan.
Type: NY State
Thomas Mott Osborne
(1859-1926) Author. Thomas Mott Osborne was born in and died in Auburn, New York.
Nancy Margaret Willard
(1936-2017) Author, poet. Nancy Willard was born in Ann Arbor, Michigan. She taught at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York. She died in Poughkeepsie, New York.
Jay Patrick Lynch
(1945-2017) Cartoonist, writer. Jay Lynch was born in Orange, New Jersey, and died in Candor, New York. He was a creator of underground comics. His work included Bijou Funnies, Phoebe and the Pigeon People, Nard n’ Pat, and Bazooka Joe.
Lt. Gen. Harold Moore
(1922-2017) Author. Lt. Gen. Harold Moore was born in Bardstown, Kentucky, and died in Auburn, Alabama. He was a graduate of the United State Military Academy at West Point.
James Stevenson
(1929-2017) Cartoonist. James Stevenson was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Cos Cob, Connecticut. He worked for nearly 50 years at The New Yorker.
Theodore Jay Lowi
(1931-2017) Author. Theodore Lowi was born in Gadsden, Alabama, and died in Ithaca, New York.
Paula Fox
(1923-2017) Novelist. Paula Fox was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in Brooklyn, New York.
Howard Frank Mosher
(1942-2017) Novelist. Howard Frank Mosher was born in Kingston, New York, and died in Irasburg, Vermont.
Barbara Harlow
(1948-2017) Author. Barbara Harlow was born in Cleveland, Ohio, and died in Austin, Texas. She received her doctorate at the State University of New York, Buffalo, New York.