Leonard Wolf
Leonard Wolf | |
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| Born | March 01, 1923 Vulcan, Romania |
| Died | March 20, 2019 (aged 96) Corvallis, Oregon US |
| Occupation | poet, author, teacher, and translator |
Leonard Wolf (March 1, 1923 – March 20, 2019)The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Phantom of the Opera, and other critical works on the topic; and also for his Yiddish translations of works ranging from those of Isaac Bashevis Singer to Winnie-the-Pooh. He is the father of Naomi Wolf.
Life and career
Born in Vulcan,
Winnie the Pooh
(Dutton 2000).
Wolf lived in New York. He was commissioned by Farrar, Straus & Giroux to write a biography of Isaac Bashevis Singer.[4]
The Treehouse: Eccentric Wisdom from My Father on How to Live, Love and See, by his daughter Naomi was published by Simon & Schuster in 2005.
He died on March 20, 2019, in Corvallis, Oregon.[5]
Happening House
While teaching at San Francisco State University in 1967, Wolf founded Happening House,Haight Ashbury Free Clinic.
Notes
- ^ The birthplace may be Vulcan, Brașov or Vulcan, Hunedoara.
References
- ^ "Leonard Wolf". San Francisco Chronicle. 30 March 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
- ISBN 978-0-74324977-5. Page 60.
- ISBN 978-0-8195-5308-9. Pp. 14-17.
- ^ Brozen, Nadine (December 15, 1993). "Chronicle". The New York Times. Retrieved October 23, 2019.
- ^ "Leonard Wolf Obituary (1923 - 2019) San Francisco Chronicle". Legacy.com.
- ^ Naomi Wolf (2005). Page 217 (viewed at Google Books).
External links
- Leonard Wolf at Fantastic Fiction
- Leonard Wolf at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database
- Leonard Wolf at Library of Congress, with 26 library catalogue records
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