Slepian, Jan
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Name (Latin)
Slepian, Jan
Other forms of name
Berek, Janice
nna Slepian, Janice B
Date of birth
1921-01-02
Date of death
2016-11-02
Place of death
Arlington (Mass.)
Place of residence/headquarters
Arlington (Mass.)
New Jersey
Field of activity
American literature
Children's literature, American
Occupation
Authors
Associated Language
eng
Gender
female
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MARC
Sources of Information
- Her The cock who couldn't crow, 1964.
- Boston globe WWW site, viewed Nov. 10, 2016(in obituary dated Nov. 07, 2016: Jan Slepian; first as an author of children's books, then as an essayist, and finally as a poet, Mrs. Slepian published 28 books; Mrs. Slepian, whose first poetry collection, "Jellybeans in Space," was published last year, died Nov. 2 in the Sunrise of Arlington senior living center; she was 95 and had moved to Arlington from New Jersey about four years ago; b. Janice Berek; m. David Slepian)
Wikipedia description:
Janice Slepian (née Berek; January 2, 1921 – November 2, 2016), was an author of books for children and young adults and a poet. She obtained a degree in psychology at Brooklyn College, later doing graduate work in clinical psychology and speech pathology at the University of Washington in Seattle. She worked as a speech therapist at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston and then embarked on a writing career.
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