The United for Libraries, in partnership with the Empire State Center for the Book, recently dedicated two Literary Landmarks to honor authors from the Sutton Place community, Erich Maria Remarque and E.L. Doctorow.
East 57th Street
Although we frequently walk by 320 East 57th Street, NYC, the Art Deco building built in 1926, and 333 East 57th Street, NYC, we may not have known that these locales were the residences for two outstanding literary giants:
- 1. Erich Maria Remarque (All Quiet on the Western Front and Shadows in Paradise) and his wife /actress, Paulette Goddard, called 320 East 57th Street, NYC home – from 1951 to 1970.
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E. L. Doctorow (Ragtime, World’s Fair, and Homer and Langley), lived at 333 East 57th Street, NYC from 2000-2015.
The Empire State Center for the Book, the New York State affiliate for the Library of Congress Center for the Book, has been actively declaring Literary Landmarks. In recent years the center has been the lead in the designation of the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in honor of Madeleine L’Engle, the author of “A Wrinkle in Time,” and the windmill at the Southampton campus of SUNY Stony Brook, where Tennessee Williams resided for a summer.
In 2014, a public school on East 88th Street, NYC, was landmarked in honor of Bernard Waber, the creator of the picture book character Lyle the Crocodile. Lyle first appeared in the book, “The House on East 88th Street.”
United for Libraries is a division of the American Library Association. It supports those who govern, promote, advocate and fundraise for libraries. The organization brings together library Trustees, advocates, friends and foundations into a partnership that creates a powerful force for libraries in the 21st century. Additional information: Jillian Wentworth, [email protected].
Copyright: 2016 by Elinor Garely. [email protected]
