Gertrude Friedberg

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Gertrude Tonkonogy Friedberg (born May 17, 1908 , † September 17, 1989 in New York ; born Gertrude Tonkonogy ) was an American writer and playwright .

After attending college , she first worked as a secretary in the office of a theater producer. In 1933 she wrote the play The Three-Cornered Moon , a screwball comedy that turned out to be a hit on Broadway and was made into a film shortly afterwards with Claudette Colbert as the leading actress. Town House , based on stories by the writer John Cheever , was also successful .

In the following years Gertrude Friedberg wrote plays, film scripts, short stories and a science fiction novel The Revolving Boy .

She died of cancer on September 17, 1989 in Manhattan at the age of 81 .

bibliography

Stage plays
  • The Three-Cornered Moon (1933)
  • Town House (1948)
Novels
  • The revolving boy (1966)
    • German: Call from space . Translated by Hans-Ulrich Nichau. Goldmann's Space Paperback # 084, 1967.
Short stories
  • The Wayward Cravat (1958)
  • The Short and Happy Death of George Frumkin (1963)
    • English: The restful death of George F. In: Charlotte Winheller (Grsg.): Signals from Pluto. Heyne TB # 248, 1963. Further translation in: Jack Williamson (Ed.): Die Zeit-Legion. Moewig (Terra Extra # 30), 1963.
  • For Whom the Girl Waits (1972)
  • Where Moth and Rust (1980)

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personal data
SURNAME Friedberg, Gertrude
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Tonkonogy, Gertrude (maiden name); Friedberg, Gertrude Tonkonogy (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author
DATE OF BIRTH May 17, 1908
DATE OF DEATH 17th September 1989
Place of death new York