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Emjo Basshe | |
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| Born | Emmanuel Iode Abarbanel Basshe or Emanuel Joseph Jochelman January 20, 1898 Vilnius, Lithuania (at the time, part of the Russian Empire) |
| Died | October 29, 1939 (aged 41) New York City |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Alma mater | Columbia University |
| Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1931) |
Emjo Basshe (born Emmanuel Iode Abarbanel Basshe[1] or Emanuel Joseph Jochelman;[2] January 20, 1898 – October 29, 1939) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American playwright of Spanish ancestry[1] and theatre director who co-founded New York City's New Playwrights Theatre in 1926. A recipient of 1931 Guggenheim Fellowship for creative work in theatre and drama,[3] and one of the initial members, in 1935, of the Communist Party-founded League of American Writers, he won first prize for Thunderbolt, also referenced as Thunder-Clock, which was judged in a University of Chicago competition to be the "best unproduced long play of the year 1935".[4]
- ^ a b Mencken, Henry Louis (1936). The American Language: An Inquiry Into the Development of English in the United States (4 ed.). p. 518. ISBN 9780394400754.
- ^ World authors, 1900-1950. Vol. 1. H.W. Wilson. 1996. p. 147. ISBN 9780824208998.
- ^ "Emjo Basshe biographical entry (with small photograph) at John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation report for 1931–32". Archived from the original on June 3, 2013. Retrieved June 25, 2013.
- ^ "Emjo Basshe dead; Playwright was 40; Won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1931—Also a director" (The New York Times, October 29, 1939)