John Steinbeck

John Steinbeck

male, deceased (1968)
From Salinas, California, Cinema of the United States, AcademyAwardforBestStory, Dust Bowl, nomination for Best Story, Stanford University alumni…Pulitzer Prize for the Novel winner, Nobel Prize for Literature, Short story writer
John Ernst Steinbeck (February 27 1902 - December 20 1968) was one of the best-known and most widely read American writers of the 20th century. A...
Dore Schary

Dore Schary

male, deceased (1980) (Boys Town, NE, United States)
Jewish person, Isidore 'Dore' Schary, from New Jersey, Hebrew Cemetery, Waldorf Statement, Playwright…AcademyAwardforBestStory
Isidore 'Dore' Schary (August 31, 1905, Newark, New Jersey - July 7, 1980, New York City) was an American motion picture director, writer, and...
Richard Connell

Richard Connell

male, deceased (1949)
death by myocardial infarction, Best Original Story, AcademyAwardforBestStory, Collier's Weekly, meet john doe, myocardial infarction…Short story writer, O. Henry Memorial Award
Richard Connell, Jr. (October 17, 1893 - November 22, 1949) was an American author and journalist, best known for his short story "The Most...
Frances Marion

Frances Marion

female, deceased (1973)
novelist, film director, World War I, journalist, rebecca of sunnybrook farm, twentieth century…Academy Award for Writing Adapted Screenplay, Best Adapted Screenplay, AcademyAwardforBestStory
Frances Marion (November 18, 1888 - May 12, 1973) was an American journalist, author, and screenwriter often cited as the most renowned female...
John Howard Lawson

John Howard Lawson

male, deceased (1977)
Williams College, American Field Service, Broadway theatre, Spanish Civil War, The International, Writers' Guild of America…AcademyAwardforBestStory, The Ship for Shanghai
John Howard Lawson (September 25, 1894 - August 11, 1977) was an American writer, and head of the Hollywood division of the American Communist...
Charles G. Booth

Charles G. Booth

male, deceased (1949)
fbi, Espionage, Edgar Award winner, American, Screenwriter, British…AcademyAwardforBestStory, Best Story Academy Award winner
Charles G. Booth (1896 - 1949) was a British-born writer who settled in America and wrote several classic Hollywood stories, including "The General...