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Dorothy Gallagher

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Dorothy Gallagher
Born1935 (age 88–89)
New York City, U.S.

Dorothy Gallagher (born 1935)[citation needed] is an American memoirist and biographer known for her two biographies All the Right Enemies, her biography on Italian-American anarchist Carlo Tresca and a 1988 New York Times Notable Book of the Year,[1] and Lillian Hellman: An Imperious Life[2] a critical biography of writer and playwright Lilian Hellman.

Background

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Dorothy Gallagher was born in 1935 and raised in New York City.

Career

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Gallagher started out as a features editor for Redbook Magazine before becoming a freelance writer whose work has been published in The New York Times Magazine, The New York Times Book Review, and Grand Street.[3]

Works

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Gallgher is also known for her memoirs Hannah's Daughters, How I Came into My Inheritance, Strangers in the House, and Stories I Forgot to Tell You (which memorializes her marriage to Ben Sonnenberg).[4]

Books
  • Hannah's daughters: six generations of an American family, 1876-1976 (1976)
  • All the right enemies: the life and murder of Carlo Tresca (1988)
  • How I came into my inheritance: and other true stories (2001)
  • Life stories aka Strangers in the house: life stories (2006)
  • Mural at the Waverly Inn : a portrait of Greenwich Village bohemians / Edward Sorel (2008)
  • Lillian Hellman: an imperious life (2014)
  • If you're ever back this way (2020)
  • Stories I forgot to tell you (2020)
Articles
  • "My Father's House," The Atlantic Monthly (2023)

References

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  1. ^ "CHRISTMAS BOOKS; NOTABLE BOOKS OF THE YEAR". The New York Times. 1988-12-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  2. ^ "Lillian Hellman: An Imperious Life | Jewish Book Council". www.jewishbookcouncil.org. 2014. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  3. ^ "Random House Books". www.randomhousebooks.com. Retrieved 2022-08-03.
  4. ^ Grimes, William (2010-06-26). "Ben Sonnenberg, Founder of Literary Journal, Dies at 73". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-03.