Tess Slesinger
Tess Slesinger (born July 16, 1905 in New York City , † February 21, 1945 in Los Angeles , California ) was an American writer and screenwriter.
Life
Slesinger grew up as children of Jewish parents of Hungarian-Russian origin together with three brothers on the Upper West Side in New York. After finishing school, she attended Swarthmore College and Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism . She obtained a bachelor's degree in English. In 1928 she married Herbert Solow , four years later they divorced. Through her husband she came into contact with the New York Intellectuals around Lionel Trilling and others.
Slesinger initially worked as a journalist for several years and then wrote book reviews for the left-wing cultural magazine Menorah Journal. In the 1930s she began to publish short stories, followed in 1934 with The Unpossessed, her first and only novel. Here she processed her experiences in the left-wing cultural spectrum of New York.
As a result of her literary success, the film producer Irving Thalberg noticed her and brought her to Hollywood as a screenwriter . Here she met her second husband, Frank Davis , whom she married in 1936. The two wrote several scripts in the following years. Their son was born in 1937, followed by a daughter the following year. Her son Peter Davis was successful as a screenwriter and producer of documentaries.
Slesinger died as a result of cancer.
Together with Frank Davis, Slesinger was posthumously nominated in 1946 for the screenplay for A Tree Grows in Brooklyn for an Oscar in the category Best Adapted Screenplay .
Filmography (selection)
- 1937: The Good Earth (The Good Earth)
- 1937: The Bride Wore Red (The Bride Wore Red)
- 1938: Girls' School
- 1940: Dance, Girl, Dance
- 1941: Echo der Jugend (Remember the Day)
- 1945: A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (A Tree Grows in Brooklyn)
Web links
- Tess Slesinger in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Tess Slesinger. In: Marian Arkin, Barbara Shollar: Longman anthology of world literature by women, 1875-1975. , Longman, 1989, p. 424
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Slesinger, Tess |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and screenwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 16, 1905 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | New York City , United States |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 21, 1945 |
| Place of death | Los Angeles , California , USA |