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I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a 'career', but to be that straightforward obvious unmistakable animal, a writer.
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Birth: | 17th April, 1928 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Essayist, Novelist, Writer |
Cynthia Ozick is an American-Jewish short story writer, novelist, and essayist.Cynthia Shoshana Ozick was born in New York City, the second of two children. She moved to the Bronx with her Russian-born parents, Celia and William Ozick, proprietors of the Park View Pharmacy in the Pelham Bay neighborhood. As a girl, Ozick helped to deliver prescriptions.
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