Akins, Zoë (1886-1958).

Zoë Akins (1886-1958) was a dramatist, novelist, poet and screenwriter. Born in Missouri, Akins wrote plays for the better part of two decades before she moved to California in 1928 and worked as a screenwriter under contract to Paramount and Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. She won the Pulitzer prize for her play, The old maid (1936), which she adapted from the story by Edith Wharton.

From the description of Papers of Zoë Akins, 1907-1951. (Huntington Library, Art Collections & Botanical Gardens). WorldCat record id: 228718369

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