Martin Flavin
Encyclopedia
Martin Archer Flavin was an American
playwright
and novel
ist.
He was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize
for his novel Journey in the Dark
.
Flavin was born in San Francisco, California
, and died in Carmel, California.
United States
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playwright
Playwright
A playwright, also called a dramatist, is a person who writes plays.The term is not a variant spelling of "playwrite", but something quite distinct: the word wright is an archaic English term for a craftsman or builder...
and novel
Novel
A novel is a book of long narrative in literary prose. The genre has historical roots both in the fields of the medieval and early modern romance and in the tradition of the novella. The latter supplied the present generic term in the late 18th century....
ist.
He was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...
for his novel Journey in the Dark
Journey in the Dark
Journey in the Dark is a 1943 novel by Martin Flavin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1944.-External links:*...
.
Flavin was born in San Francisco, California
San Francisco, California
San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.15 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland...
, and died in Carmel, California.
Novels
- The Road to the City (1921)
- Children of the Moon (1924)
- Caleb Stone's Death Watch (1925)
- Lady of the Rose (1925)
- Brains and Other One-Act Plays (1926)
- Service for Two (1927)
- The Criminal Code (1929)
- Spindrift (1930)
- Sunday (1933)
- Blue Jeans (1937)
- Mr. Littlejohn (1940)
- Journey in the DarkJourney in the DarkJourney in the Dark is a 1943 novel by Martin Flavin. It won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1944.-External links:*...
(1944), for which he was awarded the 1944 Pulitzer Prize - Cameron Hill (1957)
Non-fiction
- Black and White: From the Cape to the Congo (1950)
- Red Poppies and White Marble (1962)
Plays
- Children of the Moon (1923, produced on BroadwayBroadway theatreBroadway theatre, commonly called simply Broadway, refers to theatrical performances presented in one of the 40 professional theatres with 500 or more seats located in the Theatre District centered along Broadway, and in Lincoln Center, in Manhattan in New York City...
1923) - Emergency Case (1923)
- Caleb Stone's Death Watch (1923, produced on Broadway 1924)
- Achilles Had a Heel (1924, produced on Broadway 1935)
- Lady of the Rose (1925, produced on Broadway 1925)
- Service for Two (1926, produced on Broadway 1926)
- Brains (1926, produced on Broadway 1926)
- The Criminal Code (1929, produced on Broadway 1929), the basis for several motion pictures: the 1931 film of the same name, the 1931 Spanish-language film El Código penal, Penitentiary (1938), and Convicted (1950)
- Broken Dishes (1929, produced on Broadway 1930), the basis for the 1931 motion picture Too Young to Marry, the 1936 motion picture Love Begins at Twenty (aka All One Night), and the 1940 motion picture Calling All Husbands; adapted for television in 1951 episode of "Pulitzer Prize Playhouse"
- Crossroads (1929, produced on Broadway 1929), the basis for the 1932 motion picture The Age of Consent
- Tapestry in Gray (1935, produced on Broadway 1935)
- Around the Corner (1936, produced on Broadway 1936)
Screenplays
- The Big House (1930) (additional dialogue)
- Passion Flower (1930) (adaptation of novel by Kathleen NorrisKathleen NorrisKathleen Thompson Norris was an American novelist and wife of fellow writer Charles Norris, whom she wed in 1909...
) - Laughing Sinners (1931) (dialogue) (uncredited) ... aka Complete Surrender (USA)
- Three Who Loved (1931)