Emjo Basshe
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Emjo Basshe (born Emmanuel Iode Abarbanel Basshe[1] or Emanuel Joseph Jochelman;[2] January 20, 1898 – October 29, 1939) was a Lithuanian-born Jewish American playwright of Spanish ancestry[1] and theatre director who co-founded New York City's New Playwrights Theatre in 1926. A recipient of 1931 Guggenheim Fellowship for creative work in theatre and drama,[3] and one of the initial members, in 1935, of the Communist Party-founded League of American Writers, he won first prize for Thunderbolt, also referenced as Thunder-Clock, which was judged in a University of Chicago competition to be the "best unproduced long play of the year 1935".[4]
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Born | Emmanuel Iode Abarbanel Basshe or Emanuel Joseph Jochelman (1898-01-20)January 20, 1898 Vilnius, Lithuania (at the time, part of the Russian Empire) |
Died | October 29, 1939(1939-10-29) (aged 41) New York City |
Occupation | Playwright |
Alma mater | Columbia University |
Notable awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (1931) |
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