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Dec 9, 2023 · Robert C.S. Downs was born in Chicago, and was brought up just outside New York City. He was a graduate of Harvard College, and the University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop. He’s published seven novels, one collection of short stories, and wrote the screenplay for the CBS-Television production of “White Mama,” which starred Bette Davis.
DOWNS, Robert C. S. American, b. 1937. Genres: Novels, Novellas/Short stories, Plays/Screenplays. Career: Instructor in English, Phillips Exeter Academy, Exeter, NH, 1962-63; Lecturer in English, Hunter College, City University, NYC, 1965-66; Sales Promotion Writer, Life mag., NYC, 1966-68; Assistant Professor of English, Colby Jr. College, New ...
ROBERT C.S. DOWNS was born in Chicago, and was brought up just outside New York City. He is a graduate of Harvard and the Iowa Writers’ Workshop. Three of his novels have been produced for television, one each by NBC, CBS, and the BBC, the last of which won five British Academy Awards and was voted Best Television Film of the year in Great Britain.
Jan 1, 2000 · Robert C. S. Downs. + Follow. More books from this author. The Fifth Season Hardcover – January 1, 2000. by Robert C. S. Downs (Author) 5.0 8 ratings. See all formats and editions. Save 10% at checkout Shop items.
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Robert C.S. Downs was born on 23 November 1937 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. He was a writer, known for Hine (1971), BBC2 Playhouse (1973) and White Mama (1980). He was married to Barbara . He died on 22 September 2023 in State College, Pennsylvania, USA.
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Mar 28, 1973 · Robert C.S. Downs gives his first public reading before joining the University of Arizona creative writing faculty for the fall semester. He reads from his first two novels, Going Gently (1973) and Peoples (1974), which was unpublished at the time of the reading.
May 3, 2012 · Dream Shot: A Novel. Robert C.S. Downs. Diversion Books, May 3, 2012 - Fiction - 121 pages. Seventy-year-old Pete Collins, a former high-school English teacher from Pennsylvania, now living...
