Floyd Dell
Playwright, Author
1887 – 1969
Who was Floyd Dell?
Floyd James Dell was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." As editor and critic, Dell's influence is alive in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, Little Accident, was made into a Hollywood movie.
Dell wrote extensively on controversial social issues of the early 20th century, and played a major part in the political and social movements originating in New York City's Greenwich Village during the 1910s & 1920s. As editor of left-wing magazine The Masses Dell was twice put on trial for publishing subversive literature.
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- Born
- Jun 28, 1887
Barry - Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Harvard University
- Died
- Jul 23, 1969
Bethesda
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on July 23, 2013
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