Hilma wolitzer biography graphic organizer

PERSONAL:

Born January 25, 1930, in Brooklyn, NY; daughter of Abraham V. and Rose Liebman; married Morton Wolitzer (a psychologist), September 7, 1952; children: Nancy, Margaret.

Education: Attended Brooklyn Museum Art School, Brooklyn College of the City University of New York, and New School for Social Research.

ADDRESSES:

Home—New York, NY. Agent—Henry Dunow, Dunow, Carlson & Lerner Literary Agency, 27 West 20th St., Ste.

1003, New York, NY 10011.

CAREER:

Writer and teacher of writing workshops. Bread Loaf Writers Conference, staff assistant, 1975 and 1976, staff member, 1977-78 and 1980-92; Wichita State University, distinguished writer-in-residence, 1979; visiting lecturer in writing at University of Iowa, 1978-79 and 1983, Columbia University, 1979-1980 and 2004-05, New York University, 1984, and Swarthmore College, 1985; has also worked as a nursery school teacher and portrait artist at a resort.

MEMBER:

International PEN, Authors Guil