Robert E. Sherwood
1896 - 1955
General Information
Bio
(1896-1955) Dramatist, playwright, screenwriter, writer, editor of “Life” magazine (1924-1928). Robert E. Sherwood was born in New Rochelle, New York. Mr. Sherwood won multiple Pulitzer Prizes throughout 30s and 40s for his plays, biographies, and memoir “Roosevelt and Hopkins” (1948). Also, he wrote “Idiot’s Delight” (1936), “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” (1938), “There Shall Be No Night” (1940) “The Best Years of Our Lives” (1946), and “The Petrified Forest” (1935). Sherwood was a member of the Algonquin Hotel’s Round Table. He lived at 1545 Broadway in Manhattan, New York.
Full Name
Robert E. Sherwood
Locations
New York
Author's Timeline
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OTHER
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RESIDENCE
1896
BIRTH
1927
LITWORK
Play.
1930
LITWORK
Play.
1933
LITWORK
Play.
1935
LITWORK
Play which was adapted into a 1936 film.
1936
LITWORK
Play, awarded the 1936 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and adapted into 1939 film.
1938
LITWORK
Play, awarded the 1939 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and was adapted into a 1940 film.
1940
LITWORK
Play which won the 1941 Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
1945
LITWORK
Play.
1946
LITWORK
Screenplay.
1948
LITWORK
New York, NY: Harper and Brothers
0060138459 / 978-0060138455
Biography, winner of Pulitzer Prize.
1955
DEATH
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