Gardner, Herb(ert)
GARDNER, Herb(ert)
GARDNER, Herb(ert). American, b. 1934. Genres: Novels, Plays/ Screenplays. Publications: PLAYS: The Elevator, 1952; A Thousand Clowns, 1962; Who Is Harry Kellerman and Why Is He Saying Those Terrible Things about Me? (screenplay), 1971; The Goodbye People, 1974; Thieves, 1979; I'm Not Rappaport, 1985; Conversations with my Father, 1994. NOVEL: A Piece of the Action, 1958. Died 2003.
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BORN: 1908, Syracuse, Sicily, Italy
DIED: 1966, Milan, Italy
NATIONALITY: Italian
GENRE: Fiction
MAJOR WORKS:
Petty Bourgeoisie (1931…
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