Owen Davis | |
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 Owen Davis in 1950 | |
| Born | Owen Gould Davis January 29, 1874 Portland, Maine, U.S. |
| Died | October 14, 1956 (aged 82) New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Pen name | John Oliver |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
| Education | University of Tennessee, Knoxville Harvard University (BA) |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1923) |
| Spouse | Elizabeth Breyer |
| Children | Owen Davis Jr. Donald Davis |
Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Icebound,[1] His plays and scripts included works for radio and film.
Before the First World War, he wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette under the name of Ike Swift. Many of these were set in the Tenderloin, Manhattan. Davis also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Martin Hurley, Arthur J. Lamb, Walter Lawrence, John Oliver, and Robert Wayne.[2]
- ^ "1923 Pulitzer Prizes". The Pulitzer Prizes. Archived from the original on June 19, 2016. Retrieved January 20, 2018.
- ^ Bryer, Jackson R.; Hartig, Mary C., eds. (2010). The Facts on File Companion to American Drama (2nd ed.). New York: Facts on File. pp. 119–120. ISBN 978-0-8160-7748-9.