About Ann Birstein
Lived 1927 – 2017 (aged 89). Ann Birstein was an American novelist, essayist, journalist, film critic, blogger and writer.
Ann Judith Birstein (May 27, 1927 – May 24, 2017) was an American Fulbright Scholar, novelist, memoirist, essayist, film critic, blogger, and professor.
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. She attended Queens College
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)
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American writer (1927–2017)
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Ann Birstein was born on 27 May 1927 in New York City.
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Ann Birstein died on 24 May 2017 in New York City.
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Ann Birstein was a novelist, essayist, journalist, film critic, blogger and writer.
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