With its proximity to the cultural hub of New York City and its quieter suburban and rural landscapes, Connecticut was fertile ground for artists and writers in the period of Modernist movements between 1913 and 1979. Many of these cultural figures are well known through biographical and critical studies. Creative Places seeks to show how place played a significant role in creative work, and how in turn the artists and writers influenced communities in Connecticut.
Max Shulman
Fiction
1919 – 1988
- Biography/Description of Work
Writer and humorist best known for his television and short story character Dobie Gillis. In 1957 he authored “Rally Round the Flag Boys!” which was a satirical novel about the opening of a Nike missile site in Westport. The novel was adapted as a movie starring Westport residents Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward. One of the original figurehead writers of the Famous Writers School established in Westport in the late 1950s as an off-shoot of the Famous Artists School.
- Sources view
- http://www.nytimes.com/1988/08/29/obituaries/max-shulman-humorist-is-dead-chronicler-of-postwar-life-was-69.html, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Max_Shulman, http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0795738/bio, http://home1.gte.net/res09cc9/books.htm, http://saintpaulalmanac.org/saint-paul-stories/history/how-max-shulman-got-to-college/, http://www.exit18.com/index.php/about/history/people/ Max Shulman Article - The Hartford Courant - 1959-9-13, Max Shulman Article - The Hartford Courant - 1961-2-26, Max Shulman Article 2- The Hartford Courant - 1959-9-13, Max Shulman Obituary - New York Times - 1988-8-29, Max Shulman Wedding Announcement - New York Times - 1964-6-15
- Associated Resource(s)
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