Ann Birstein Explained
| Ann Birstein |
| Birth Name: | Ann Judith Birstein |
| Birth Date: | 27 May 1927 |
| Birth Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Death Place: | New York City, U.S. |
| Alma Mater: | Queens College |
| Children: | 1 |
| Relatives: | Bernard Birstein (father) |
Ann Judith Birstein (May 27, 1927 – May 24, 2017) was an American Fulbright Scholar, novelist, memoirist, essayist, film critic, blogger,[1] and professor.[2]
Biography
She was born in the Hell's Kitchen neighborhood of New York City and was the daughter of the notable Rabbi Bernard Birstein of the Actor's Temple.[3] She attended Queens College and published her first novel, Star of Glass, in 1950 at the age of twenty three. She was married to and later divorced the literary critic Alfred Kazin, with whom she had a daughter, Cathrael Kazin. Birstein was also stepmother to professor and author Michael Kazin. She was a former professor of Barnard College.
She died at home in New York on May 24, 2017, following a long illness.[4]
Novels
- Star of Glass (1950)
- The Troublemaker
- The Sweet Birds of Gorham
- Summer Situations
- Dickie's List
- American Children
- The Rabbi on Forty-seventh Street (biography of her father, Rabbi Bernard Birstein)
- The Last of the True Believers
- What I Saw at the Fair (autobiography)
- Vanity Fare (2009)[5]
External links
Biography connected to the Queens College Ann Birstein papers.
Notes and References
- Web site: My Life is History. August 4, 2011. Ann Birstein Blog. https://web.archive.org/web/20110912044349/http://annbirstein.com/blog.htm. September 12, 2011. May 30, 2017.
- Web site: Ann Birstein Biography. Ann Birstein. https://web.archive.org/web/20160601153938/http://www.annbirstein.com/bio.htm. June 1, 2016. May 30, 2017.
- Web site: Ann Birstein '48. QCPages. https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161649/http://qcpages.qc.edu/alumni_affairs/profiles/birstein.htm. September 27, 2011. May 30, 2017.
- Web site: Ann Birstein, Memoirist and Novelist, Dies at 89 . Roberts . Sam . May 29, 2017 . https://archive.today/20170530075651/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/books/ann-birstein-dead-novelist-and-wife-of-alfred-kazin.html?_r=0 . May 30, 2017 . dead . . May 30, 2017 .
- Web site: My Books. Ann Birstein. https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222454/http://www.annbirstein.com/works.htm. March 3, 2016. May 30, 2017.
