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   Lillian Florence Hellman (June 20, 1905 – June 30, 1984) was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway, as well as her communist sympathies and political activism.

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   Jun 16, 2024 · Lillian Hellman (born June 20, 1905, New Orleans, La., U.S.—died June 30, 1984, Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.) was an American playwright and motion-picture screenwriter whose dramas forcefully attacked injustice, exploitation, and selfishness.

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4. www.npr.org › 2012/04/26 › 150727939Lillian Hellman: A 'Difficult,' Vilified Woman : NPR

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   Apr 26, 2012 · A fierce playwright, a fiery socialist and a pioneering feminist, Lillian Hellman lived unapologetically. But today she's remembered as a fabulist and a rabble-rouser — if she's...

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6. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersLillian Hellman | About Lillian Hellman | American Masters | PBS

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   Dec 30, 2001 · Learn about the life and career of Lillian Hellman, a playwright, memoirist, and activist who challenged injustice and censorship. Explore her works, such as The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes, and An Unfinished Woman, and her relationship with Dashiell Hammett.

7. www.encyclopedia.com › lillian-hellmanLillian Hellman | Encyclopedia.com

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   May 29, 2018 · Learn about the life and career of Lillian Hellman, a prominent American playwright and screenwriter who wrote The Children's Hour, The Little Foxes, and Watch on the Rhine. Explore her themes, influences, awards, and controversies in this comprehensive article.

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   Lillian Hellman (1905-1984) ranks among the most famous and controversial of American playwrights. She never shied away from provocative, social justice-based themes.

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   Who was Lillian Hellman?

   • Lillian Hellman was an American playwright and motion-picture screenwriter whose dramas forcefully attacked injustice, exploitation, and selfishness. Hellman attended New York public schools and New York University and Columbia University. Her marriage (1925–32) to the playwright Arthur Kober ended

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   Where did Lillian Hellman go to school?

   • Lillian Hellman (born June 20, 1905, New Orleans, La., U.S.—died June 30, 1984, Vineyard Haven, Martha’s Vineyard, Mass.) was an American playwright and motion-picture screenwriter whose dramas forcefully attacked injustice, exploitation, and selfishness. Hellman attended New York public schools and New York University and Columbia University.

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   How old was Lillian Hellman when she died?

   • On June 30, 1984 Lillian Hellman died in Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts at the age of seventy-nine. Among the many honors she received were two New York Drama Critics Circle Awards, a Gold Medal from the Academy of Arts and Letters for Distinguished Achievement in the Theater, and a National Book Award for AN UNFINISHED WOMAN.

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   Why did Lillian Hellman become a writer?

   • She became a writer at a time when writers were celebrities and their recklessness was admirable. Like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Faulkner, and Hammett, Lillian Hellman was a smoker, a drinker, a lover, and a fighter. Hellman maintained a social and political life as large and restless as her talent. Her plays were a constant challenge to injustice.

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   Did Lillian Hellman snort?

   • Hellman, wherever she is, is having a good snort over that one. A fierce playwright, a fiery socialist and a pioneering feminist, Lillian Hellman lived unapologetically. But today she's remembered as a fabulist and a rabble-rouser — if she's remembered at all. A new Hellman biography, A Difficult Woman, hopes to set the record straight.

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   Was Lillian Hellman a communist?

   • In April 1952, the department stated its one formal charge against him: "that during the period 1945 to date, you have maintained an association with one, Lillian Hellman, reliably reported to be a member of the Communist Party," based on testimony from unidentified informants.

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10. www.theparisreview.org › interviews › 4463Paris Review - The Art of Theater No. 1

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    Lillian Hellman, The Art of Theater No. 1. Interviewed by John Marquand & Anne Hollander. Issue 33, Winter-Spring 1965. Sketch by Anne Hollander. Miss Hellman spends her summers in a comfortable white house at the bottom of a sandbank in the town of Vineyard Haven, Massachusetts, on the island of Martha’s Vineyard.