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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, There Shall Be No Night, and The Best Years of Our Lives. He was a screenwriter on the adapted films Rebecca and The Bishop's Wife .

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   Robert E. Sherwood was an American playwright who wrote about human problems, both social and political. He also worked as a speechwriter and adviser for President Franklin D. Roosevelt and won an Oscar for his film The Best Years of Our Lives.

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   Idiot's Delight is a 1936 Pulitzer-Prize-winning play written by American playwright Robert E. Sherwood and presented by the Theatre Guild. The play takes place in the Hotel Monte Gabriel in the Italian Alps during 24 hours at the beginning of a world war.

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   • Publish Year: 1936

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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.

   • Birth Date: January 1, 1
   • Birth Place: New Rochelle, New York, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: New York City, New York, USA

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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.

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   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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   Who was Robert Sherwood?

   • Writer: The Best Years of Our Lives. Robert E. Sherwood, a brilliant multifaceted writer, was born to Arthur Murray and Rosina Emmet Sherwood, educated at the Milton Academy (Massachusetts) and Harvard, and was wounded while serving with the Canadian Black Watch in WWI.

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   Who was Robert Emmet Sherwood?

   • Robert Emmet Sherwood was the product of an affluent and artistic family. His mother, the former Rosina Emmet, was sufficiently well known as an artist to be listed in Who’s Who. His father, Arthur Murray Sherwood, was a prominent investment broker and held a seat on the New York Stock Exchange.

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   What happened to Robert Sherwood after he died?

   • Many people gathered to honor Robert Sherwood after his death. ANTA, of which he had been one of the creators and presidents, held a memorial to him on November 29 which attracted more than three hundred people. A host of theater people spoke, among them Sam Rosenman, Moss Hart, and Elmer Rice, and the newsman Charles Collingwood.

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   When did Robert Sherwood resign?

   • He resigned in 1944 and returned to film writing, winning an Oscar for his script for The Best Years of Our Lives (1946). Sherwood received numerous literary awards throughout his career, including the Pulitzer Prize in 1936, '39, '41, and '49, and the Bancroft Prize for distinguished writing in American history in 1949.

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   One of the nation's first film critics, an acclaimed speechwriter on his own and for President Franklin D. Roosevelt, a propagandist during World War II, a...