Allan Berubé
Allan Bérubé (born December 3, 1946 in Springfield , Massachusetts , † December 11, 2007 in Liberty , New York ) was an American historian and author .
Life
Bérubé attended the Mount Hermon School for Boys (now Northfield Schools ) in Mount Hermon , Massachusetts. He then studied English literature from 1964 to 1968 at the University of Chicago . In the 1960s he was active against the Vietnam War and had to be in his student days coming out . Bérubé moved to San Francisco on the west coast of America . There he participated in the establishment of the San Francisco Lesbian and Gay History Project . He wrote several works on the subject of "History of Homosexuality". In the 1990s he lived in Manhattan and was involved in the organizations Queer Nation , Out / Look and Sex Panic! He later lived with his partner John Nelson in Liberty, New York, where he died in 2007 of stomach cancer.
Works (selection)
- Coming Out Under Fire: The History of Gay Men and Women in World War Two , Free Press, 1990
Prizes and awards (selection)
- Community Service Award , Bay Area Physicians for Human Rights 1990
- Distinguished Achievement Award , Monette-Horwitz Trust 2001
- Lambda Book Award for Best Gay Male Non-Fiction Book 1990 and 1991
- Outstanding Book Award 1991
- MacArthur Fellowship
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berubé, Allan |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American historian and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Springfield, Massachusetts |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 11, 2007 |
| Place of death | Liberty, New York |