Edwin Granberry
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Edwin Phillips Granberry (18 April 1897 – 5 December 1988) was an American writer, novelist and translator. In 1932, he won the O. Henry Award
for Best Short Short Story.
Edwin Granberry was born in Meridian, Mississippi
and went to Starkville High School
in Starkville, Mississippi
. He was educated at the University of Florida
(from 1916 to 1918), at Columbia University
(in 1920) and at Harvard University
(from 1922 to 1924).
in 1933. Granberry was a reviewer (for The New York Sun) of Margaret Mitchell
's Gone with the Wind
, which he compared favorably to War and Peace
by Leo Tolstoy
. Later, Granberry and his wife, Mabel, became friends with Mitchell.
comic strip Buz Sawyer
, which he continued scripting after Crane's death in 1977.
.
for Best Short Short Story, "A Trip to Czardis", which he later expanded into a novel and an unproduced screenplay.
O. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American master of the form, O. Henry....
for Best Short Short Story.
Edwin Granberry was born in Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian, Mississippi
Meridian is the county seat of Lauderdale County, Mississippi. It is the sixth largest city in the state and the principal city of the Meridian, Mississippi Micropolitan Statistical Area...
and went to Starkville High School
Starkville School District
The Starkville School District is a public school district based in Starkville, Mississippi .In addition to Starkville, the district also serves rural areas in central Oktibbeha County.-Schools:*Starkville High School *Armstrong Middle School...
in Starkville, Mississippi
Starkville, Mississippi
-Demographics:As of the census of 2000, there were 21,869 people, 9,462 households, and 4,721 families residing in the city. The population density was 851.4 people per square mile . There were 10,191 housing units at an average density of 396.7 per square mile...
. He was educated at the University of Florida
University of Florida
The University of Florida is an American public land-grant, sea-grant, and space-grant research university located on a campus in Gainesville, Florida. The university traces its historical origins to 1853, and has operated continuously on its present Gainesville campus since September 1906...
(from 1916 to 1918), at Columbia University
Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York is a private, Ivy League university in Manhattan, New York City. Columbia is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York, the fifth oldest in the United States, and one of the country's nine Colonial Colleges founded before the...
(in 1920) and at Harvard University
Harvard University
Harvard University is a private Ivy League university located in Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States, established in 1636 by the Massachusetts legislature. Harvard is the oldest institution of higher learning in the United States and the first corporation chartered in the country...
(from 1922 to 1924).
New York Sun
Granberry became an English professor at Rollins CollegeRollins College
Rollins College is a private, coeducational liberal arts college located in Winter Park, Florida , along the shores of Lake Virginia....
in 1933. Granberry was a reviewer (for The New York Sun) of Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Mitchell
Margaret Munnerlyn Mitchell was an American author and journalist. Mitchell won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1937 for her epic American Civil War era novel, Gone with the Wind, which was the only novel by Mitchell published during her lifetime.-Family:Margaret Mitchell was born in Atlanta,...
's Gone with the Wind
Gone with the Wind
The slaves depicted in Gone with the Wind are primarily loyal house servants, such as Mammy, Pork and Uncle Peter, and these slaves stay on with their masters even after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863 sets them free...
, which he compared favorably to War and Peace
War and Peace
War and Peace is a novel by the Russian author Leo Tolstoy, first published in 1869. The work is epic in scale and is regarded as one of the most important works of world literature...
by Leo Tolstoy
Leo Tolstoy
Lev Nikolayevich Tolstoy was a Russian writer who primarily wrote novels and short stories. Later in life, he also wrote plays and essays. His two most famous works, the novels War and Peace and Anna Karenina, are acknowledged as two of the greatest novels of all time and a pinnacle of realist...
. Later, Granberry and his wife, Mabel, became friends with Mitchell.
Buz Sawyer
Today, Granberry is best known for his 30-year run as a writer on the Roy CraneRoy Crane
Royston Campbell Crane , who signed his work Roy Crane, was an influential American cartoonist who created the comic strip characters Wash Tubbs, Captain Easy and Buz Sawyer. He pioneered the adventure comic strip, establishing the conventions and artistic approach of that genre. Comics historian...
comic strip Buz Sawyer
Buz Sawyer
Buz Sawyer was a popular comic strip created by Roy Crane and highly regarded by comic strip historians. Distributed by King Features Syndicate, it had a long run from November 1, 1943 to 1989. The last strip signed by Crane was dated 21 April 1979....
, which he continued scripting after Crane's death in 1977.
Television
In 1955, Granberry was a scripter for the anthology drama television series Star TonightStar Tonight
Star Tonight, an American television anthology series, aired on ABC from February 1955 to August 1956.-Adaptations and actors:It consisted of 80 total episodes, 30 from 1955 and 50 from 1956. Each episode was a self-contained story, usually adapted from famous plays, short-stories or novels by some...
.
Novels
- The Ancient Hunger (Macaulay, 1927)
- The Erl King (Macaulay, 1930)
- Strangers and Lovers (Signet, 1951)
- A Trip to Czardis (Trident, 1966)
Awards
In 1932, Granberry won the O. Henry AwardO. Henry Award
The O. Henry Award is the only yearly award given to short stories of exceptional merit. The award is named after the American master of the form, O. Henry....
for Best Short Short Story, "A Trip to Czardis", which he later expanded into a novel and an unproduced screenplay.
External links
- Writers and Musicians
- Rollins College
- Edwin Granberry Collection owned by the University of Mississippi Department of Archives and Special Collections.