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(1893-1970) Journalist, playwright, author. Gilbert Seldes was born in Alliance, New Jersey, and died in Manhattan, New York. He was the father of the author Marion Hall Seldes.

Full Name

Gilbert Vivian Seldes

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1893

BIRTH

Gilbert Vivian Seldes was born in Alliance, New Jersey, on January 3, 1893.

1924

LITWORK

The Seven Lively Arts
Harper & Brothers

Nonfiction.

1928

LITWORK

The Stammering Century: Eccentricity and Fanaticism in the U.S. 1800-1900
The John Day Company, Inc
1125949724 / 978-1125949726
Nonfiction.

1933

LITWORK

The Years of the Locust
Little, Brown, and Company

Nonfiction.

1937

LITWORK

The Movies Come From America
Charles Scribner's Sons/B. T. Batsford Ltd.

Nonfiction.

1951

LITWORK

The Great Audience
Viking Press

Nonfiction.

1956

LITWORK

The Public Arts
Simon and Schuster

Nonfiction.

1970

DEATH

Gilbert Seldes died in Manhattan, New York, on September 29, 1970.

1970

RESIDENCE

Mr. Seldes had resided at 125 East 57th Street in Manhattan, New York.

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