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Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter. He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, Rebecca, There Shall Be No Night, The Best Years of Our Lives and The Bishop's Wife.
Apr 8, 2024 · Robert E. Sherwood was an American playwright whose works reflect involvement in human problems, both social and political. Sherwood was an indifferent student at Milton Academy and Harvard University, failing the freshman rhetoric course while performing well and happily on the Lampoon, the humour.
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Robert E. Sherwood was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and Oscar-winning screenwriter who worked with many Hollywood legends. He also served in WWII and wrote for radio and TV.
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The author of The Ordeal of a Playwright; Robert E. Sherwood and the Challenge of War (1970) claims that he "suffered horribly from gas" before falling into a pit dug by the Germans that was filled with sharp stakes and tangles of barbed wire. On the day he was injured, 1,036 Canadians were killed.
https://www.jstor.org/stable/j.ctt5vk8bk.7. For almost a decade after his war experience, Robert Sherwood went through a series of changes. For some time he suffered from a case of moderate postwar trauma with nightmares and sweats, fear of rodents, and general restlessness and bouts of undisciplined behavior.
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Learn about the life and career of Robert Emmet Sherwood, a prominent American playwright and journalist who won two Pulitzer Prizes. Explore his family background, education, military service, literary achievements, and political activism.
Robert E. Sherwood was a Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, movie critic, and screenwriter who worked with many Hollywood legends. He also served in WWI, founded the Algonquin Club, and wrote about American history.
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