Background
Stern, Daniel was born on January 18, 1928 in New York City. Son of Morris and Dora (Hochman) Stern.
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Stern, Daniel was born on January 18, 1928 in New York City. Son of Morris and Dora (Hochman) Stern.
Daniel Stern was raised on the Lower East Side and the Bronx in New York City. Stern was talented and adept in many areas. After graduating from The High School of Music and Art, he earned spots in the Indianapolis Symphony Orchestra and the Houston Symphony Orchestra and played with jazz giant Charlie Parker.
He served as vice president at McCann-Erickson, Warner Brothers, and Columbia Broadcasting System. Stern was a prolific and critically acclaimed writer
He published nine novels and three collections of short fiction and also served as the editor of Hampton Shorts. His work is celebrated for explorations of post-World World War II Jewish-American life, formal experimentation in the novel, and for the innovation in the short story known as the "Twice Told Tale".
His first collection of such stories, Twice Told Tales, was called a "powerful emotional experience" by Ronald Sanders of The Washington Post. Publishers Weekly described him as "a writer"s writer", and as such he remains something of a cult figure.
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Stern taught at Wesleyan, Pace, New York, and Harvard University. He taught in the creative writing program at the University of Houston from 1992 to 2006, where he was Cullen Distinguished Professor of English. He died of complications from heart surgery on January 24, 2007.
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With United States Army, 1946-1947. Member Poets, Playwrights, Editors, Essayists and Novelists association, National Book Critics Circle, Author's League.
Married Gloria Shapiro, November 9, 1963. 1 son, Eric Branfman.