- Bella Kaufman (May 10, 1911 – July 25, 2014) was an American teacher and author, well known for writing the bestselling 1964 novel Up the Down Staircase. Early life.
- Bel Kaufman was a writer best known for her novel, Up the Down Staircase, which explored the absurdity of New York City’s public school bureaucracy.
- Bel was born in Berlin, and when she was three years old, her family moved to Odessa.
- Until her death at age 103, his granddaughter Bel Kaufman kept his memory alive with a memorial foundation which was run by her husband.
- Bel Kaufman, a former New York City schoolteacher whose classic first novel, “Up the Down Staircase” — shot through with despair and hopefulness...
- Bel Kaufman was born in Berlin, Germany on 10 May, 1911.
- Greetings to everyone and a Happy New Year, from Bel Kaufman in New York City.
- Bel Kaufman was born on the 10th of May, 1911.
- NEW YORK (AP) - Bel Kaufman, the witty and spirited fiction writer, educator and storyteller whose million-selling "Up the Down Staircase" captured the...
