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Lillian Hellman (1905–1984)

Autor(a) de Pentimento

49+ Works 3,934 Membros 58 Reviews 13 Favorited

About the Author

Playwright Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans on June 20, in 1905. After studying at New York and Columbia Universities, Hellman worked in publishing and as a book reviewer and play-reader. In 1934, Hellman had her first success as a playwright with The Children's Hour. In the play, Hellman mostrar mais mixed social, political, and moral issues along with more personal ones. Among some of Hellman's other successful plays are The Little Foxes, Watch on the Rhine, The Searching Wind, and Toys in the Attic. Hellman was also a screenwriter who wrote many film scripts and adapted the works of other authors for film and the stage. Hellman's memoirs include An Unfinished Woman and Pentimento. For more than 30 years Hellman had a relationship with "hard-boiled" detective writer Dashiell Hammett. She lived with him until his death in 1961, and shared his commitment to radical political causes. Hellman's appearance before Senator Joseph McCarthy's House Committee on Un-American Activities in 1952 resulted in her being blacklisted in Hollywood. Her book, Scoundrel Time, explores her experiences during the McCarthy era. Nearly blind and confined to a wheelchair, Lillian Hellman died of cardiac arrest in 1984. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
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Séries

Obras de Lillian Hellman

Pentimento (1973) 710 cópias
An Unfinished Woman: A Memoir (1969) 524 cópias
The Children's Hour (1934) 484 cópias
Scoundrel Time (1976) 459 cópias
Six Plays by Lillian Hellman (1960) 444 cópias
The Little Foxes (1939) 326 cópias
Maybe: A story (1657) 109 cópias
The Collected Plays (1971) 95 cópias
Toys in the Attic (1960) 73 cópias
Watch on the Rhine (1941) 61 cópias
Candide: A Comic Operetta (1956) — Autor — 52 cópias
The Little Foxes [1941 film] (1941) — Screenwriter — 51 cópias
The Autumn Garden (1951) 46 cópias
Another Part of the Forest (1947) 36 cópias
Dead End [1937 film] (1937) — Screenwriter — 26 cópias
The Chase [1966 film] (1966) — Screenwriter — 24 cópias
Watch on the Rhine [1943 film] (1943) — Dialogue — 19 cópias
The North Star [1943 film] (1943) — Screenwriter — 13 cópias
Days to come (1936) 10 cópias
Candide: Original 1956 Broadway Cast Recording (2003) — Lyricist — 8 cópias
The North Star (1943) 3 cópias
These Three [1936 film] (2016) — Screenwriter — 3 cópias
Autumn Garden (1951) 3 cópias
Plays 2 cópias
Julia (1994) 2 cópias
The Dark Angel [1935 film] (1935) — Screenwriter — 2 cópias
Lillian Hellman Plays 1 exemplar(es)
Die Zeit der Schurken. 1 exemplar(es)
Hellman, Lillian Archive 1 exemplar(es)
Skakavci 1 exemplar(es)

Associated Works

The Big Knockover: Selected Stories and Short Novels (1943) — Introdução — 957 cópias
The Norton Book of Women's Lives (1993) — Contribuinte — 412 cópias
The Lark (1952) — Adapter, algumas edições365 cópias
Six Modern American Plays (1951) — Contribuinte — 273 cópias
This Is My Best (1942) — Contribuinte — 188 cópias
Sixteen Famous American Plays (1777) — Playwright — 185 cópias
Famous American Plays of the 1950s (1962) — Contribuinte — 165 cópias
Writers at Work 03 (1967) — Interviewee — 144 cópias
The Literature of the American South: A Norton Anthology (1997) — Contribuinte — 98 cópias
Twenty Best Plays of the Modern American Theatre (1939) — Contribuinte — 74 cópias
Best American Plays: Third Series, 1945-1951 (1952) — Contribuinte — 69 cópias
Four Contemporary American Plays (1961) — Contribuinte — 51 cópias
Contemporary Drama - 11 Plays (1956) — Contribuinte — 46 cópias
Julia [1977 film] (1993) — Original book — 36 cópias
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre [4-volume set] (1969) — Contribuinte — 33 cópias
The Gutting of Couffignal [Short story] (1925) — Posfácio, algumas edições16 cópias
Toys in the Attic [1963 film] (1963) — Original play — 3 cópias
50 Best Plays of the American Theatre, Volume 2 (1969) — Contribuinte — 3 cópias

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Conhecimento Comum

Nome padrão
Hellman, Lillian
Nome de batismo
Hellman, Lillian Florence
Data de nascimento
1905-06-20
Data de falecimento
1984-06-30
Sexo
female
Nacionalidade
USA
Local de nascimento
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Local de falecimento
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
Causa da morte
cardiac arrest
Locais de residência
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
New York, New York, USA
Hollywood, California, USA
Martha's Vineyard, Massachusetts, USA
Educação
New York University
Columbia University
Ocupação
playwright
screenwriter
memoirist
Relacionamentos
Hammett, Dashiell (partner)
Organizações
League of American Writers
Screen Writers Guild
Premiações
American Academy of Arts and Letters (1962)
Fellow, American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1960)
National Institute of Arts and Letters (1946)
Pequena biografia
Lillian Hellman was a popular playwright whose most successful works were created between the 1930s and the 1960s. She also published several bestselling volumes of memoirs. Several of her plays were made into films. Ms. Hellman was equally famous for refusing to testify before the House Un-American Activities Committee in 1952, and for her long romantic relationship with Dashiell Hammett.
She also conducted a lengthy feud with writer Mary McCarthy.

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Estatísticas

Obras
49
Also by
24
Membros
3,934
Popularidade
#6,427
Avaliação
3.9
Resenhas
58
ISBNs
151
Idiomas
10
Favorito
13

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