Harry Kurnitz

Harry Kurnitz ( born January 5, 1908 in New York; † March 18, 1968 in Hollywood, Los Angeles ) was an American journalist and writer.

Life

Kurnitz spent his youth in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. There he completed his schooling and studied at the university there. Upon successful completion, he found a job at the newspaper The Philadelphia Record as literature and music critic.

During this time Kurnitz began - under the pseudonym Marco Page - writing mystery and detective stories. In 1938 he went to Hollywood, where he quickly became a sought-after screenwriters. At the same time he published regularly very successful detective novels.

Harry Kurnitz died ten weeks after his 59th birthday on March 18, 1968 of a heart attack and found his last resting place in the Beth Olam Cemetery ( Garden of Shalom, section 16, row K, grave 22) in Hollywood.

Honors

Works (selection)

• Art is art. Comedy in three acts ( " Reclining figure" ). Bloch, Berlin 1955.
• Da capo. Conductors comedy ( "Once more, with feeling "). Bloch, Berlin 1960.
• A shot in the dark. A new comedy. Random House, New York 1961.
• The girl who came to supper. Levin Books, New York, 1963 ( together with Noël Coward ).

• Telex from Hollywood. Detective novel ( " Invasion of privacy" ). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• Book lovers among themselves. Detective novel ( " Fast Company "). Goldmann, Munich 1962.
• The perfect forgery. Detective novel ( " Reclining figure" ). Goldmann, Munich 1963.