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Lee Stringer

American writer

PersonAge 76humanQ277321

Born: October 24, 1949
Birthplace: United States
Citizenship: United States
Occupation: writer
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1.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-04-20
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, journalist
Languages spoken, written or signed: English
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
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Lee Stringer is an American writer who lived unhoused with a substance use disorder in New York City from the early 1980s until the mid-1990s. He is a former editor and columnist of Street News. His essays and articles have appeared in a variety of publications, including The Nation, The New York Times, and Newsday. He currently lives in Mamaroneck, New York. He is the author of Sleepaway School and Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street. Stringer also took part in a discussion on writing with Kurt Vonnegut for a book entitled Like Shaking Hands With God. Stringer was a winner of the Doe Fund 2nd Annual Murray Kempton Award in 1998, and Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street was a New York Times Book Review Notable Book that same year. Grand Central Winter: Stories from the Street was also nominated for a Quality Paperback Book Club New Voices Award.

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BBeing Flynn2012 · 2012 film by Paul Weitz

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LLike Shaking Hands with God1999 · book by Kurt Vonnegut

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Given name: Lee
Family name: Stringer
Sex or gender: male
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1.Stated in BnF authoritiesRetrieved 2015-10-10
2.Stated in Integrated Authority FileRetrieved 2026-07-21
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Writing language: English

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