| LC control no. | n 81003532 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3557.R83 |
| Personal name heading | Grumbach, Doris |
| Variant(s) | Isaac, Doris Muriel, 1918-2022 |
| Birth date | 1918-07-12 |
| Death date | 2022-11-04 |
| Place of birth | New York (N.Y.) |
| Place of death | Kennett Square (Pa.) |
| Field of activity | American literature English literature--Study and teaching Criticism Booksellers and bookselling |
| Affiliation | Wayward Books |
| Profession or occupation | Writers English, Teachers of Literary critics Booksellers |
| Found in | Her The spoil of the flowers, 1962. Contemp. auth. web, 10/23/96: (GRUMBACH, Doris (Isaac) 1918 - ; Born July 12, 1918, in New York, NY) Washington post WWW site, viewed November 8, 2022 (in obituary updated November 8, 2022: Doris Grumbach, a wide-ranging author who wrote about love, sex, religion and aging, explored gay and lesbian themes in her novels and earned critical acclaim for her humorous, plain-spoken memoirs about the frustrations of old age, died Nov. 4 in Kennett Square, Pa. She was 104. In addition to writing novels and memoirs, Ms. Grumbach taught English literature and worked as a literary critic. She was also the co-owner of a Washington bookshop, Wayward Books. Doris Muriel Isaac was born in Manhattan on July 12, 1918. She married Leonard Grumbach) |
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