list of new york university alumni
press, literature and arts
Table:
Name

Relation to NYU

Notability

Reference

Kenny Albert

CAS 1990, B.A.

Play-by-play broadcaster, New York Rangers and Fox Sports

Kathy Acker

Blood and Guts in High School

David Antin

GSAS 1966, M.A.

recipient of the PEN Los Angeles Award for Poetry

Ann Shoket

1994, B.A.

Current Editor in Chief of Seventeen Magazine

Jacob M. Appel

GSAS 2000, M.F.A.

Author of Arborophilia, Creve Coeur, idiosyncratic bioethicist

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Ted Baehr

Law, J.D.

chairman of the Christian Film and Television Commission

Maria Bartiromo

CAS, 1987 B.A.

News anchor on CNBC, has also written 2 books

Leonard Baskin

noted for his sculpting

Stacey Bradford

M.A., Journalism

Financial journalist, author, and commentator

Rita Mae Brown

Law 1964, M.A.

Rubyfruit Jungle

Eileen Rose Busby

earned B.A. at age 62

Author

Candace Bushnell

CAS, B.A.

New York Observer: Sex and the City

Fortuna Calvo-Roth

professor

President of New York chapter, Women in Communications

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Bliss Carman

visiting scholar

Canadian Poet

Carson McCullers

GSAS*

author of The Heart is a Lonely Hunter

Countee Cullen

GSAS

author of Ballad of the Brown Girl, Color, Color

Noon Meem Danish

Former teaching staff

Urdu poet

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Miriam Davenport

IFA*

Painter and sculptor

Midge Decter

ARTS*

Journalist

Crystal Eastman

Law 1907, LL.B.

a leader in early 20th-century feminist and civil liberties activism

Ralph Ellison

Faculty 1970–1980

American Academy of Arts & Letters

Wayne Federman

TSOA*

MARAVICH author, comedian The Tonight Show

Tom Ford

TSOA*

Design Director for Gucci

William Gaines

CAS 1948, B.A.

founder of MAD magazine

Michael Gartner

Law 1972, J.D.

1997 Pulitzer Prize for Editorial Writing

Yury Gitman

TSOA M.F.A.

inventor of electronic art

Jorie Graham

TSOA 1973, B.F.A.

known for complex metaphors and philosophical content

Adolph Green

WSC 1938*

met Betty Comden at NYU

Raymond P. Hammond

GAL 2000, MA

Editor-in-Chief, New York Quarterly

Sean Hannity

coursework*

Co-Host of "Hannity and Colmes" on Fox News Channel

Joseph Heller

GSAS 1945*

"Catch-22"

Don Hewitt

coursework*

creator, "60 minutes"

Andrew Kirtzman

Journalism degree

NY1 and WCBS-TV reporter, author

Alen Pol Kobryn

CAS*

Poet

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William Lashner

Law, J.D.

author of legal thrillers

Paola Lawton

CAS

Journalist

Ira Levin

ARTS 1950, B.A.

known for the broadway musical "Deathtrap"

Paul Levinson

WSC 1974 B.A.; Steinhardt 1979 Ph.D.

author of The Plot To Save Socrates

Leonard Maltin

WSC, B.A. (journalism)

film critic on Entertainment Tonight

Demetri Martin*

Law, J.D.

Comedian who appears on The Daily Show

Leonard Michaels

WSC 1953, B.A.

essayist known for his compelling urban tales of whimsy and tragedy

Frank McCourt

WSC 1953, B.A.

1997 Pulitzer Prize for Autobiography or autobiographical Writing

Davi Napoleon

TSOA 1989 Ph.D.

Arts journalist and reviewer, author of Chelsea on the Edge: The Adventures of an American Theater

William Phillips

GSAS 1930, M.A.

cofounder of Partisan Review

James Amos Porter

GSAS, M.A.

African American painter and art historian

Dorothy Rabinowitz

GSAS 1960, Ph.D.

2001 Pulitzer Prize for Commentary

Charles Reznikoff

Law 1916, LL.B.

Objectivist Poet

Charlie Rose

coursework*

host of "60 minutes"

J. D. Salinger

coursework*

Catcher in the Rye

Gerald Schoenfeld

Law, J.D.

Chairman of the Shubert Organization (1972–2008)

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Ben Shahn

Artist

John Patrick Shanley

Steinhardt 1977, M.A.

recipient of a Pulitzer Prize, Academy Award, Tony Award

Arleen Schloss

Education 1965, B.S.

Sound Poet, Performance and Video Artist, Curator, early childhood educator

Sara Shepard

ARTS*

author of Pretty Little Liars series and The Lying Game series

George Segal

ENG 1950, B.S.

sculptor of monochromatic, cast plaster figures

Robert Sobel

CAS 1957, Ph.d.

Noted business historian; author For Want of a Nail.

Danielle Steel

TSOA 1963–1967*

Romance novel author

Darin Strauss

ENG 1996, M.F.A.

Guggenheim-winning novelist; Chang and Eng, The Real McCoy

Harold C. Schonberg

GSAS 1939, M.A.

1971 Pulitzer Prize for Criticism

Amy Vanderbilt

an acknowledged authority on manners, mores

Brian K. Vaughan

Y: The Last Man, Ex Machina, Pride of Baghdad

Saul Williams

GSAS 1995, M.A.

The Seventh Octave, Said the Shotgun to the Head

Robert Anton Wilson

1957–1958

author of The Illuminatus! Trilogy

James N. Wood

Former Director and President of the Art Institute of Chicago (1980–2004); December 2006: Named President and CEO of the J. Paul Getty Trust

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Considering the table from the Wikipedia page 'list of new york university alumni' - "press, literature and arts" section on Wikipedia, assign the correct type(s) to the highlighted column from the type candidates provided: religion.religious_leader, location.australian_local_government_area, government.election, tv.tv_genre, education.educational_institution, music.genre, film.actor, exhibitions.exhibition_sponsor, soccer.football_player, sports.sports_championship, astronomy.orbital_relationship, sports.golfer, location.us_county, architecture.venue, meteorology.tropical_cyclone_season, book.written_work, sports.sports_league, medicine.anatomical_structure, business.consumer_product, government.u_s_congressperson, film.writer, award.hall_of_fame_inductee, cricket.cricket_player, sports.sports_award_winner, film.director, location.in_district, soccer.football_team, soccer.football_position, cricket.cricket_stadium, award.award, cvg.cvg_developer, geography.island, astronomy.astronomical_discovery, business.brand, metropolitan_transit.transit_line, organization.membership_organization, music.media_format, music.album, film.film_character, award.award_discipline, music.instrument, american_football.football_team, royalty.noble_person, soccer.football_award, location.jp_prefecture, book.periodical_publisher, film.film_distributor, film.music_contributor, sports.school_sports_team, location.capital_of_administrative_division, biology.animal, film.film_festival_focus, tv.tv_program, soccer.football_world_cup, location.administrative_division, music.writer, soccer.football_league_season, biology.organism_classification, sports.tournament_event_competition, music.musical_group, education.school, boats.ship_type, medicine.muscle, basketball.basketball_team, sports.professional_sports_team, theater.play, geography.body_of_water, theater.theater_actor, tennis.tennis_player, sports.pro_athlete, time.event, music.group_member, location.in_state, location.region, location.us_state, government.politician, sports.sports_position, finance.currency, fictional_universe.fictional_organization, location.country, tv.tv_writer, people.family_member, celebrities.celebrity, fictional_universe.fictional_character, olympics.olympic_event_competition, tv.tv_series_episode, business.industry, location.hud_county_place, military.military_conflict, basketball.basketball_conference, business.product_category, cvg.cvg_publisher, royalty.chivalric_order_member, music.music_video_director, government.political_party, visual_art.visual_artist, automotive.company, location.australian_state, boats.ship, people.ethnicity, time.recurring_event, tv.tv_character, royalty.noble_title, tv.tv_director, baseball.baseball_player, basketball.basketball_coach, architecture.architectural_structure_owner, sports.sports_facility, education.educational_degree, aviation.airline, chemistry.chemical_element, award.award_presenting_organization, internet.website, computer.software, medicine.drug_ingredient, tv.tv_personality, military.military_person, organization.non_profit_organization, film.film_genre, ice_hockey.hockey_team, sports.boxer, broadcast.tv_station, martial_arts.martial_artist, astronomy.star_system_body, royalty.monarch, broadcast.genre, interests.collection_category, medicine.drug, government.us_president, american_football.football_coach, metropolitan_transit.transit_stop, business.customer, government.government_agency, book.author, award.competition, broadcast.tv_channel, music.lyricist, military.military_post, tv.tv_network, american_football.football_conference, sports.sports_championship_event, business.business_operation, medicine.medical_treatment, astronomy.constellation, medicine.disease, book.book, government.governmental_body, education.fraternity_sorority, film.film, language.human_language, internet.website_owner, chess.chess_player, computer.computer, boats.ship_class, tennis.tennis_tournament_champion, automotive.model, book.periodical, location.uk_constituent_country, people.person, tv.tv_actor, soccer.fifa, baseball.baseball_position, sports.cyclist, biology.organism, music.composer, location.citytown, music.musical_scale, sports.sports_team, music.producer, travel.accommodation, award.award_ceremony, chemistry.chemical_compound, book.periodical_subject, ice_hockey.hockey_player, astronomy.asteroid, music.performance_role, tennis.tennis_tournament, sports.sports_league_season, amusement_parks.ride, aviation.aircraft_owner, geography.mountain, broadcast.broadcast, aviation.airport, law.invention, architecture.structure, olympics.olympic_games, geography.river, law.court, basketball.basketball_position, location.province, media_common.media_genre, government.government_office_or_title, military.military_unit, education.athletics_brand, book.magazine, military.armed_force, metropolitan_transit.transit_system, government.general_election, transportation.road, broadcast.radio_station, cricket.cricket_bowler, sports.multi_event_tournament, amusement_parks.park, organization.organization, american_football.football_player, sports.sport, cvg.cvg_platform, spaceflight.astronaut, cvg.cvg_genre, business.job_title, tv.tv_series_season, computer.operating_system, film.producer, meteorology.tropical_cyclone, comic_books.comic_book_character, sports.sports_league_draft, sports.sports_award_type, law.legal_case, tv.tv_producer, soccer.football_team_manager, education.university, food.food, rail.locomotive_class, protected_sites.listed_site, astronomy.celestial_object, award.recurring_competition, film.production_company, architecture.building, location.uk_statistical_location, business.defunct_company, government.election_campaign, aviation.aircraft_model, cricket.cricket_team, soccer.football_league, location.location, music.record_label, baseball.baseball_league, religion.religion, book.newspaper, royalty.kingdom, military.rank, tv.tv_program_creator, computer.software_license, music.artist, basketball.basketball_player, ice_hockey.hockey_position, government.legislative_session, cvg.computer_videogame, award.award_category, baseball.baseball_team, broadcast.artist, education.field_of_study, business.consumer_company, broadcast.radio_format, music.composition. Return the selected type name(s) only, comma-separated when necessary, in the list of this JSON object {"answer": ["ANSWER"]}.

{"answer": ["people.person"]}