Martin Flavin

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Martin Archer Flavin (born November 2, 1883 in San Francisco , California , † December 27, 1967 in Carmel-by-the-Sea , California) was an American playwright and writer , who in 1944 for his novel Journey in the Dark ( "Reise ins Dunkel") received the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel .

Life

Flavin began his writing career as a playwright and published his first play Children of the Moon in 1923 , which was followed by two dramas in the same year with Emergency Case and Caleb Stone's Death Watch . Later other dramas were Achilles Had a Heel (1924), Lady of the Rose (1925), Service for Two (1926) and The Criminal Code , Broken Dishes and Crossroads , all three of which appeared in 1929.

In 1930 he made his debut novel with Spindrift and then wrote several other novels such as Sunday (1933), Blue Jeans (1937) and Mr. Littlejohn (1940). In between he wrote the two stage works Tapestry in Gray (1935) and Around the Corner (1936).

In 1944 the novel Journey in the Dark appeared , for which he received the Pulitzer Prize .

In addition, Flavin was also the author of screenplays for movies in the early 1930s . Among the best known films include "The Criminal Code" (The criminal code) based on his same drama in the direction of Howard Hawks (1930) with Walter Huston and Phillips Holmes in the lead roles , "Passion Flower" (1930) by de William C. Mille with Kay Francis and Charles Bickford , "The Big House" (Hell Behind Bars) by George W. Hill with Chester Morris and Wallace Beery , "Transgression" by Herbert Brenon (1931) with Kay Francis and Ricardo Cortez, and "Laughing Sinners" by Harry Beaumont (1931) with Joan Crawford and Neil Hamilton .

Flavin, who was a member of the prestigious Dutch Treat Club in New York between 1947 and his death , last wrote the novel Red Poppies and White Marble in 1962 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Mr. Littlejohn (Google Books)
personal data
SURNAME Flavin, Martin
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Flavin, Martin Archer (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright and writer
DATE OF BIRTH November 2, 1883
PLACE OF BIRTH San Francisco , California
DATE OF DEATH December 27, 1967
Place of death Carmel-by-the-Sea , California