Herbert Kubly

Herbert Kubly
Kubly in 1956
Kubly in 1956
BornHerbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly
(1915-04-26)April 26, 1915
New Glarus, Wisconsin
DiedAugust 7, 1996(1996-08-07) (aged 81)
New Glarus, Wisconsin
OccupationAuthor, playwright
Notable worksAmerican in Italy
Notable awardsNational Book Award for Nonfiction, 1956
SpouseEmily Lee Hill

Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly (April 26, 1915 – August 7, 1996)[1] was an American author and playwright. For his first book, American in Italy, he won the 1956 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.[2]

  1. ^ Ancestry.com. Social Security Death Index [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.
  2. ^ "National Book Awards – 1956" Archived 2019-04-22 at the Wayback Machine. National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-19.