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The Arts/Cultural Desk | December 5, 2001, Wednesday
Spencer Holst, 75, Writer and Teller of Fables

By HARVEY SHAPIRO (NYT) 626 words
Late Edition [New York Times] - Final , Section A , Page 27 , Column 4
ABSTRACT - Spence Holst, writer and teller of fables, dies at age 75; photo (M) Spencer Holst, a writer of fables and a fixture of the downtown Manhattan avant-garde scene for 30 years, died on Nov. 23 at St. Vincent's Hospital in Manhattan. He was 75.

He had been suffering from emphysema and apparently died of a stroke, said George Quasha, a co-owner of Station Hill/Barrytown, Mr. Holst's publisher.