Richard Plant (writer), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Richard Plant (writer)

Emigre professor of German and author

Date of Birth: 22-Jul-1910

Place of Birth: Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany

Date of Death: 03-Mar-1998

Profession: writer, historian, university teacher, journalist, sociologist, children's writer, novelist

Nationality: United States, Germany

Zodiac Sign: Cancer

Richard Plant (July 22, 1910 – March 3, 1998) was a gay Jewish emigre from Nazi Germany first to Switzerland and then to the U.S.
who became a professor at the City University of New York, where he taught German language and literature from 1947 to 1973.
He authored an opera scenario as well a number of fictional and non-fictional works, notably The Pink Triangle: The Nazi War Against Homosexuals (1986).