Louis O. Coxe
Playwright, Author
1918 – 1993
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Who was Louis O. Coxe?
Louis Osborne Coxe was an American poet, playwright, essayist, and professor who was recognized by the Academy of American Poets for his "long, powerful, quiet accomplishment, largely unrecognized, in lyric poetry." He was probably best known for his dramatic adaptation of Herman Melville's Billy Budd, which opened on Broadway in 1951.
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- Born
- Apr 15, 1918
Manchester - Also known as
- Louis Coxe
- Spouses
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Princeton University
- Lived in
- Manchester
- Died
- May 25, 1993
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on July 23, 2013
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