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Rose Franken (December 28, 1895 – June 22, 1988) was an American writer and playwright best known for her Claudia stories, plus the books, films, and plays based on them. Early years. Born Rose Dorothy Lewin [1] in Gainesville, Texas, Franken was the youngest child of Michael and Hannah Younker Lewin.
- June 22, 1988, age 92, Tucson, Arizona
- Writer
- Claudia stories
- Rose Lewin, December 28, 1895, Gainesville, Texas
Rose Franken was a celebrated Broadway playwright and director, a Hollywood screenwriter, and a popular novelist whose fiction touched a sympathetic chord in American women. After much success as both a playwright and a novelist, she ventured into more problematic subject matter, exploring antisemitism and homophobia in her works.
Apr 23, 2015 · Thursday, April 23, 2015. An American Interlude: ROSE FRANKEN, The Claudia Novels (1939-1958) Every once in a while, in a brief lull between my obsessive pursuits of obscure British women writers, I remind myself that, however surprisingly, Americans aren't all bad either.
- Furrowed Middlebrow
- San Francisco, CA, United States
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Jun 24, 1988 · Rose Franken, a playwright and novelist whose play ''Claudia'' was named by the critics as the best of the 1941 season, died Wednesday night in Tucson, Ariz., where she lived. She was 92 years...
Rose Dorothy Lewin Franken. (1895-1988) FRANKEN, ROSE DOROTHY LEWIN (1895–1988), U.S. playwright, director, fiction writer, and screenwriter. Franken was born in Gainesville, Texas, but grew up in New York City. The 450 performances of her play, Another Language, set a record for a first play.
Franken's work reflects her personal struggle with traditional gender roles and her ambivalence about balancing domestic and career commitments. Novelist and short story writer Rose Franken crossed over into the theater with the surprise hit of her play Another Language in 1932.
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- June 22, 1988
- December 28, 1895
Rose Franken has 49 books on Goodreads with 1282 ratings. Rose Franken’s most popular book is Claudia (U).
