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Maxwell Anderson
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American playwright and writer (1888–1959)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 15 Dec 1888
- Died
- 28 Feb 1959
- Works
- 146
Top works
- Famous American Plays of the 1940s
- The Free Company Presents.. A Collection of Plays About the Meaning of America
- Gods of the lightning
- The Eve of St. Mark
- the masque of kings
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Film & TV
Writing · Atlantic, Pennsylvania, U.S.
James Maxwell Anderson (15 December 1888 – 28 February 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist. Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad…
Known for
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered — Self (archive footage)1996
- I'm a Stranger Here Myself: Kurt Weill in America1992
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1888
- Active to
- 1959
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 156
- Total plays
- 503
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Structural equation modeling in practice: A review and recommended two-step approach.
· 1988 · cited 31,710x
- Cancer incidence and mortality worldwide: Sources, methods and major patterns in GLOBOCAN 2012
· 2014 · cited 21,631x
- Multilayer feedforward networks are universal approximators
· 1989 · cited 18,293x
- A global reference for human genetic variation
· 2015 · cited 17,776x
- Maximum entropy modeling of species geographic distributions
· 2006 · cited 14,815x
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Key facts
- Born
- James Maxwell Anderson , ( 1888-12-15 ) December 15, 1888, Atlantic, Pennsylvania , U.S.
- Died
- February 28, 1959 (1959-02-28) (aged 70), Stamford, Connecticut , U.S.
- Pen name
- John Nairne Michaelson
- Occupation
- Playwright
- Education
- University of North Dakota ( BA ), Stanford University ( MA )
- Notable awards
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1933)
- Spouse
- Margaret Haskett ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1911 ; died 1931 ) Gilda Hazard ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1954 )
- Partner
- Gertrude Higger (1933–1953)
- Children
- 6, including Quentin including 2 adopted children of his second marriage.
- Relatives
- Maxwell L. Anderson (grandson)
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Encyclopedic overview
James Maxwell Anderson (December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist, and lyricist.
Anderson faced many challenges in his career, frequently losing jobs for expressing his opinions or supporting controversial figures. Despite this, he found success as a dramatist and wrote a number of hit plays, including What Price Glory, Both Your Houses, and The Bad Seed. Many of his works were adapted for the screen, and he wrote screenplays for other authors' works as well. Anderson was married three times and had a tumultuous personal life, dying in 1959 after suffering a stroke. His papers and personal effects can be found in various institutions, with the largest collection housed at the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin.
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