Kenneth Silverman

Kenneth Silverman (February 5, 1936 – July 7, 2017)Magill's Literary Annual History and Biography, 1985, p. 256. was a professor emeritus of English at New York University and a Pulitzer Prize-winning biographer. Silverman was born in Manhattan. He studied at Columbia University.

He was a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and has received the Edgar Award of the Mystery Writers of America, and the Christopher Literary Award of the Society of American Magicians.

Silverman died of complications from respiratory failure in Manhattan on July 7, 2017 at the age of 81.

References

Other websites
 Article "Biography and Pseudobiography" by Kenneth Silverman
 Interview in the Washington Post regarding new suggestions about Harry Houdini's cause of death.
Booknotes interview with Silverman on Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse, February 22, 2004. 

Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
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Category:2017 deaths
Category:Deaths from respiratory failure
Category:Disease-related deaths in New York City
Category:Educators from New York City
Category:Writers from New York City