Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
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Anderson, Maxwell, 1888-1959
اندرسون، ماكسويل، 1888-1959 م.
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اندرسون، ماكسويل، 1888-1959 م.
Anderson, Maxwell
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אנדרסון, מקסוול, 1888-1959
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אנדרסון, מקסוול, 1888-1959
اندرسن، ماكسويل، 1888-1959 م
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اندرسن، ماكسويل، 1888-1959 م
ماكسويل اندرسون، 1888-1959 م
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ماكسويل اندرسون، 1888-1959 م
אנדרסון, מקסול, 1888-1959
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אנדרסון, מקסול, 1888-1959
ماكسويل اندرسن، 1888-1959 م.
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ماكسويل اندرسن، 1888-1959 م.
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American playwright.
American playwright Maxwell Anderson was born in Atlantic, Penn., on 15 December 1888. He worked as a journalist early in his writing career and then turned largely to drama. He was the author of over 20 plays and also of volumes of poetry and of essays. Anderson died on 28 February 1959.
Author, playwright.
Maxwell Anderson was an American playwright.
James Maxwell Anderson was born December 15, 1888, in Atlantic, Pennsylvania. He came to Jamestown, North Dakota in 1907. Maxwell graduated from Jamestown High School in 1908, then from UND with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English Literature in 1911. He obtained a Master of Arts degree in English Literature fron Stanford. Maxwell penned his first play, White Dessert, in 1923. Maxwell collaborated on What Price Glory? in 1924. This play was a giant success. It had more than 430 performances, and enabled Anderson to retire from journalism and devote all of his energies to play writing. Anderson was proliferate and also wrote screenplays. In 1946, Columbia University awarded him an honorary Doctor of Literature degree. In 1954, he was honored with the Gold Medal in Drama from the National Institute of Arts and Letters. In 1958, the University of North Dakota conferred upon Anderson a Doctor of Humanities degree. He married Margaret Haskett, had three sons, Quentin, Alan, and Terence. Maxwell Anderson died in Stamford, Connecticut, in 1959.
Playwright.
Maxwell Anderson, playwright.
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Theater
Authors, American
Authors, American
Authors, American
American drama
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Motion picture plays, American
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