Beatrice Kaufman

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Carl Van Vechten : Portrait of Beatrice Kaufman, 1934

Beatrice Kaufman (born January 20, 1895 in Rochester , New York , † October 6, 1945 in New York City , New York) was an American editor and playwright . In the 1930s and 40s, she was considered one of the most witty women in New York City . She was married to the screenwriter George S. Kaufman .

Life

Kaufman was born Beatrice Bakrow in Rochester , New York , in 1895 . Her parents Julius and Sarah (née Adler) Bakrow were of German-Jewish origin. She grew up with two brothers, Leonard and Julian. 1913 took Wellesley College at her as a student, but in the first year it was approved by the college referred to, because it is the curfew had broken. She moved to the University of Rochester , where she dropped out a year later.

In 1917 she married George S. Kaufman, theater reporter for the New York Tribune and budding playwright . The couple moved to New York City and had a daughter in 1919.

Beatrice and George S. Kaufman were longtime members of the Algonquin Round Table , a legendary literary circle of journalists , writers and actors who met regularly at the Algonquin Hotel in New York . The Kaufmans were friends with the most famous literary and entertainment luminaries of the time, including Moss Hart , Frank Sinatra , Yip Harburg , Ethel Merman , Helen Hayes , Irving Berlin , Alfred Lunt , Ruth Goetz and Russel Crouse .

Beatrice Kaufman lived in New York until she died in her apartment on Park Avenue in 1945 at the age of 50 .

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Kaufman began her professional career in 1918 as assistant to the press representation of the silent film actresses Natalie , Constance and Norma Talmadge . She then headed the editorial department at the publishing house Boni & Liveright for five years. During this time, she published works by important writers , poets and playwrights, including TS Eliot , William Faulkner , EE Cummings , John Steinbeck , Eugene O'Neill , Djuna Barnes and finally the works of her husband. She edited Ernest Hemingway's first published work - a collection of short stories called In Our Time - and convinced her reluctant bosses to publish it.

In the 1930s, Kaufman worked in various other editorial functions, such as editor of fiction at Harper's Bazaar and Viking Press, and for the film producer Samuel Goldwyn .

In addition to her editorial work, Kaufman wrote and published short stories , mostly in the New Yorker, and wrote two pieces: Divided by Three (with Margaret Leech ) and The White-Haired Boy (with Charles Martin), both of which were successfully produced.

See also

Web links

Commons : Beatrice Kaufman  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Michael Galchinsky: Article Beatrice Kaufman. In: Jewish Women's Archive , 2009.
  2. ^ John Simkin: Beatrice Kaufman . In: Spartacus Educational , September 1997, updated January 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. ↑ Beatrice Kaufman, story editor, dies . In: The New York Times , October 7, 1945. Retrieved March 8, 2019.
  4. ↑ Michael Galchinsky: Article Beatrice Kaufman. In: Jewish Women's Archive , 2009.
  5. ↑ Michael Galchinsky: Article Beatrice Kaufman. In: Jewish Women's Archive , 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Kaufman, Beatrice
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American editor and playwright
DATE OF BIRTH January 20, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Rochester , New York , United States
DATE OF DEATH October 6, 1945
Place of death New York City , New York , United States