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    Zoe Byrd Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was an American playwright, poet, and author. She won the 1935 Pulitzer Prize for drama for The Old Maid .

  2. Zoe Akins. Writer: Christopher Strong. Poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriter Zoë Akins was born on the day before Halloween in 1886 in Humansville, Missouri. She was home-schooled before attending the Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois, and Hosmer Hall in St. Louis for her education. Akins lived in St. Louis for many years, writing poetry and contributing criticism to the magazine ...

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    • October 29, 1958
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    Zoe Akins. Poet, playwright, novelist and screenwriter Zoë Akins was born on the day before Halloween in 1886 in Humansville, Missouri. She was home-schooled before attending the Monticello Seminary in Godfrey, Illinois, and Hosmer Hall in St. Louis for her education. Akins lived in St. Louis for many years, writing poetry and contributing ...

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    • Humansville, Missouri, USA
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    • Los Angeles, California, USA
  4. From Wikipedia Zoë Akins (October 30, 1886 – October 29, 1958) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright, poet, and author. In the early 1930s, Akins became more active in film, writing several screenplays as well as licensing minor adaptations of her work—such as The Greeks Had a Word for It which was adapted twice, in 1932 (as The Greeks Had a Word for Them) and 1938 (as Three ...

  5. Oct 18, 2023 · Dr. Rosanne Welch celebrates the female screenwriters who came before us with this month's spotlight on the prolific powerhouse screenwriter, poet, and Pulitzer Prize-winning author, Zoe Akins.

  6. Zoe Akins (1886-1958) was a playwright, poet, critic and novelist. Born in the small town of Humansville, Missouri, she was encouraged to write by her father. Drawn to the theatre, she also briefly tried an acting career—but after a season of walk-ons, she decided to focus on writing.

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  8. Zoë Akins (1886–1958) Zoë Akins was a popular and successful playwright from Missouri. She wrote professionally for over fifty years and won the Pulitzer Prize for drama in 1935. She paved the way for many women writers of the twentieth century. She showed other women how intelligence, creativity, and hard work can lead to success.

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