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'''Ann Judith Birstein''' (May 27, 1927 – May 24, 2017) was an American [[Fulbright Scholar]], novelist, memoirist, essayist, film critic, blogger,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://annbirstein.com/blog.htm|title=My Life is History|date=August 4, 2011|publisher=Ann Birstein Blog|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110912044349/http://annbirstein.com/blog.htm|archive-date=September 12, 2011|url-status=|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> and professor.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://annbirstein.com/bio.htm|title=Ann Birstein Biography|publisher=Ann Birstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160601153938/http://www.annbirstein.com/bio.htm|archive-date=June 1, 2016|url-status=|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>


==Biography==
'''Ann Birstein''' (born 1927) is an American [[Fulbright Scholar]], novelist, memoirist, essayist, film critic, blogger,<ref name="blog">[http://annbirstein.com/blog.htm Ann Birstein's Blog]</ref> and professor.<ref name="bio" />
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She was born in the [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood of [[New York City]] and was the daughter of the notable Rabbi Bernard Birstein of the Actor's Temple.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://qcpages.qc.edu/alumni_affairs/profiles/birstein.htm|title=Ann Birstein '48|website=QCPages|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110927161649/http://qcpages.qc.edu/alumni_affairs/profiles/birstein.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2011|url-status=|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref> She attended [[Queens College]]<ref name=":1" /> 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]].<ref name=":0" />


She died at home in New York on May 24, 2017, following a long illness.<ref name="nytimes">{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/books/ann-birstein-dead-novelist-and-wife-of-alfred-kazin.html |title=Ann Birstein, Memoirist and Novelist, Dies at 89 |last=Roberts |first=Sam |date=May 29, 2017 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20170530075651/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/29/books/ann-birstein-dead-novelist-and-wife-of-alfred-kazin.html?_r=0 |archive-date=May 30, 2017 |url-status=dead |work=[[The New York Times]] |accessdate=May 30, 2017 }}</ref>
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She was born in the [[Hell's Kitchen, Manhattan|Hell's Kitchen]] neighborhood of [[New York City]] and is the daughter of the notable Rabbi Bernard Birstein of the Actor's Temple.<ref name="qc" /> She attended [[Queens College]]<ref name="qc">[http://qcpages.qc.edu/alumni_affairs/profiles/birstein.htm Profile of Ann Birstein]</ref> 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 has a daughter, Cathrael Kazin, an executive director at [[Educational Testing Service|ETS]]; she is stepmother to professor and author [[Michael Kazin]]. She is a former professor of [[Barnard College]].<ref name="bio">[http://annbirstein.com/bio.htm Biography of Ann Birstein]</ref> She currently resides in New York City.


== Novels ==
== Novels<ref name="books">[http://annbirstein.com/works.htm Books by Ann Birstein]</ref> ==
''Star of Glass'' (1950)<br />
* ''Star of Glass'' (1950)
''The Troublemaker'' <br />
* ''The Troublemaker''
''The Sweet Birds of Gorham''<br />
* ''The Sweet Birds of Gorham''
''Summer Situations''<br />
* ''Summer Situations''
''Dickie's List'' <br />
* ''Dickie's List''
''American Children''<br />
* ''American Children''
''The Rabbi on Forty-seventh Street'' (biography of her father, Rabbi Bernard Birstein)<br />
* ''The Rabbi on Forty-seventh Street'' (biography of her father, Rabbi Bernard Birstein)
''The Last of the True Believers''<br />
* ''The Last of the True Believers''
''What I Saw at the Fair'' (autobiography)<br />
* ''What I Saw at the Fair'' (autobiography)
* ''Vanity Fare'' (2009)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.annbirstein.com/works.htm|title=My Books|publisher=Ann Birstein|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222454/http://www.annbirstein.com/works.htm|archive-date=March 3, 2016|url-status=|access-date=May 30, 2017}}</ref>
''Vanity Fare'' (2009)


==References==
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*[http://archives.qc.cuny.edu/finding_aids/AnnBirstein Ann Birstein]: Biography connected to the [[Queens College]] Ann Birstein papers.

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Ann Birstein
BornAnn Judith Birstein
(1927-05-27)May 27, 1927
New York City, U.S.
DiedMay 24, 2017(2017-05-24) (aged 89)
New York City, U.S.
Occupation
  • Novelist
  • memoirist
  • essayist
  • film critic
  • blogger
  • professor
Alma materQueens College
Spouse
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(m. 1952; div. 1982)​
Children1
RelativesBernard 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

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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[3] 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.[2]

She died at home in New York on May 24, 2017, following a long illness.[4]

Novels

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  • 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]

References

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  1. ^ "My Life is History". Ann Birstein Blog. August 4, 2011. Archived from the original on September 12, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Ann Birstein Biography". Ann Birstein. Archived from the original on June 1, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  3. ^ a b "Ann Birstein '48". QCPages. Archived from the original on September 27, 2011. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  4. ^ Roberts, Sam (May 29, 2017). "Ann Birstein, Memoirist and Novelist, Dies at 89". The New York Times. Archived from the original on May 30, 2017. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
  5. ^ "My Books". Ann Birstein. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved May 30, 2017.
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