Deirdre Bair

Deirdre Bair
Born
Deirdre Bartolotta

(1935-06-21)June 21, 1935
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, US
DiedApril 17, 2020(2020-04-17) (aged 84)
New Haven, Connecticut, US
OccupationBiographer
Alma materColumbia University (MA, PhD)
University of Pennsylvania (BA)
Period1978–2019
Notable awardsNational Book Award (1981)

Deirdre Bair (June 21, 1935 – April 17, 2020) was an American literary scholar and biographer. She won a National Book Award for her biography of Samuel Beckett in 1981.

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