COHEN--Edward M. On November 5, 2023 at age 87. Beloved husband of Susan Simon Cohen, father of Joy Cohen and Noel Cohen, grandfather of Emory Cohen, brother of Leslie Jablow and Irwin Cohen, father-in-law of Donna Cohen and loving uncle and granduncle. Writer of works spanning 50 years from his first novel, $250,000 to his recent collection Before Stonewall. Awarded the Awst Press Book Prize and the Key West Tennessee Williams Prize. He was a director with Playwrights Horizons and for many years he was associate director of New York's Jewish Repertory Theatre.