Bel Kaufman Dies At 103; Author Of Bestseller ‘up The Down Staircase’

Matt Schudel, Washington Post: Local
Sat, 07/26/2014 - 4:27pm

Bel Kaufman, who turned her experiences teaching in the New York City public schools into the comic novel “Up the Down Staircase,” one of the best-selling books of the 1960s, which was later made into a film, died July 25 at her home in Manhattan. She was 103. Read full article >>

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