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| − | * | + | * Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States |
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==References== | ==References== | ||
Latest revision as of 13:30, 13 November 2011
This is a list of notable Jewish Americans|Jewish American authors. See separate lists for List of Jewish American playwrights|playwrights and List of Jewish American poets|poets. For other notable Jewish Americans, see Lists of American Jews.
Jewish American authors
- Aimee Bender — novelist and short story writer, known for her often fantastic and surreal plots and characters[1]
- Bernard Cooper, novelist, short story writer[2]
- Barthold Fles,[3] literary agent and non-fiction writer
- Les Golden gambling writer, astronomy textbook author, playwright, environmentalist[4][5][6]
- Fran Lebowitz, author, known for her sardonic social commentary on American life through her New York sensibilities[10]
- Seymour Martin Lipset, political sociologist [11]
- Mark Obama Ndesandjo, author, half-brother of President Barack Obama[12]
- Jodi Picoult, novelist[13]
- Lea Bayers Rapp,[14] non-fiction and children's fiction writer
- Gary Shteyngart (1972– ) Russian-born writer[15]
- George Steiner (1929–) literary critic[16]
- Leopold Tyrmand, writer [17]
- Judith Viorst (1932–) author, known for her children's literature[18]
- Rebecca Walker (1969–) activist and writer[19]
- Wendy Wasserstein (1950–2006) playwright and Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University, also recipient of Tony Award for Best Play and Pulitzer Prize for Drama[20]
See also
- Jewish American literature
- List of Jewish American poets
- List of Jewish American playwrights
- List of Jewish American journalists
- Multi-Ethnic Literature of the United States
- Before Columbus Foundation
References
- ^ "other Jewish authors who may be of interest... Bettina Aptheker... Aimee Bender"
- ^ Cooper — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16464 "Plenty of Jewish authors will be in the mix, including... Bernard Cooper"
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- ^ http://www.professional-poker.com/news/2006/nov/764-gamblingcom-poker-content.htm.
- ^ http://www.gambling.com/Blackjack/tips-strategies/194/the-blackjack-breakdown
- ^ www.gamblingonlinemagazine.com/casinos.php
- ^ http://www.igamingbusiness.com/content/shannon-elizabeth-heats-gamblingcom-magazine
- ^ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluff_Magazine
- ^ www.bluffeurope.com/
- ^ Lebowitz — http://www.jewishlivingmag.com/ "Jewish figures such as... author Fran Lebowitz"
- ^ The Economist, Jan 13, 2007, p.42: "a triple outsider — working-class, Jewish and left-wing"
- ^ Template:Cite news
- ^ Jewish Chronicle, April 27, 2007 p.50: "The Jodi Picoult mystery"
- ^ <templatestyles src="Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css"></templatestyles>"Lea Bayers Rapp". Kensington Books.
As a Jewish daughter, wife, and mother, she has both yeshiva and secular backgrounds and writes from vast personal experience that includes constant joyous rounds of bar and bat mitzvahs, engagement parties, bridal showers, and weddings.
- ^ Shteyngart — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16433 "Russian Jewish Author Gary Shteyngart"
- ^ http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm http://www.jewish-sci-tech-books.com/catalogue/general.htm
- ^ http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp http://www.nationalreview.com/frum/frum031903.asp
- ^ Viorst — http://www.jewishjournal.com/home/preview.php?id=16603 "Two Jewish children's authors have events of note going on this week. At Pepperdine's Smother's Theatre, see the staged musical adaptation of Judith Viorst's..."
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- ^ Wasserstein — http://www.jewishsf.com/content/2-0-/module/displaystory/story_id/725/edition_id/4/format/html/displaystory.html "“My father loved me dearly, but I’m not a Jewish American Princess,” playwright Wendy Wasserstein said. “I’m a Jewish mother, but I’m not Molly Goldberg.”"
