Bel Kaufman (born May 10, 1911, in Berlin, Germany) is a Russian-American professor and author. She is best known for her 1965 best-seller, Up the Down Staircase. The semi-autobiographical novel is about an idealistic young honors college graduate who becomes an English teacher, hoping to share her love of classic literature (especially Chaucer) and writing with her students. However, her idealism is quickly snuffed out by the gritty realities of her colleagues and students who populate the novel's fictional inner-city high school. May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Germany. ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... May 10 is the 130th day of the year (131st in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display the full calendar). ... Location of Berlin within Germany / EU Coordinates Time zone CET/CEST (UTC+1/+2) Administration Country NUTS Region DE3 City subdivisions 12 boroughs Governing Mayor Klaus Wowereit (SPD) Governing parties SPD / Left. ... See also: 1964 in literature, other events of 1965, 1966 in literature, list of years in literature. ... Up the Down Staircase is a humorous novel written by Bel Kaufman, and published in 1965. ... Chaucer: Illustration from Cassells History of England, circa 1902 Chanticleer the rooster from an outdoor production of Chanticleer and the Fox at Ashby_de_la_Zouch castle Geoffrey Chaucer (ca. ...
Though she has written few fictional novels since Up the Down Staircase, she has continued as a teacher and lecturer.
Kaufman is the granddaughter of famed Yiddish writer Sholom Aleichem. She is an honorary chairman of the Yiddish studies faculty at Columbia University. (Columbia Uni. 2006) Sholom Aleichem listens Sholom Aleichem This article is about the writer. ... Yiddish (ייִדיש, Jiddisch) is a Germanic language spoken by about four million Jews throughout the world. ... Columbia University is a private research university in the United States. ...
Selected bibliography
Up the Down Staircase (1965)
Love, etc. (1979)
References
aRabbi Janet Marder (2001-09-21). The Mitzvah of Gathering. Rabbi Marder sermons archive. Shabbat Shuvah 5762. "The Mitzvah of Gathering". Retrieved on 2006-02-17.
a Yiddish studies faculty. Retrieved on 2006-02-17.
She repeats the well known expression in playful, dusky tones, and its hard to believe that BelKaufman, author, teacher, raconteur, is 91.
Though its been a couple of years since her last visit to Marymount and a lot has happened in her life and in the world, what has stayed the same is her joie de vie.
A magna cum laude graduate of Hunter College, BelKaufman went on to win numerous awards for short stories, fiction and nonfiction, and for a moving tribute to her famous Papa, Memories of My Grandfather, from which she takes nuggets here and there on this October night.
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