Jerome Weidman

Jerome Weidman ( born April 4, 1913 in New York City; † October 6, 1998 in New York City ) was an American novelist, screenwriter and playwright.

Life

Jerome Weidman was born as the son of Jewish immigrants in New York City. After finishing school at DeWitt Clinton High School, he moved to the Bronx, where he, his father worked as a clothing store. Later he studied at the City College of New York and the " New York University Law School ," where he already wrote parallel short stories. With I Can Get It for You Wholesale 1937 he published his first novel. The book was made ​​into a film in 1951 and 1962 adapted into a musical and what should be the Broadway debut of Barbra Streisand. As early as 1949 his 1941 published novel I'll Never Go There Anymore was filmed with the drama Blood enmity.

Together with George Abbott ( book), Jerry Bock (music) and Sheldon Harnick ( lyrics ) worked on Weidman musical Fiorello! together. For this they were awarded in 1960 with not only a Tony Award for Best Musical, but also honored with a Pulitzer Prize in the category Theatre.

Jerome Weidman is the father of John Weidman.

Works

• The Horse That Could Whistle "Dixie"
• The Captain's Tiger
• A Dime a Throw
• My Father Sits in the Dark 1967: Flags need winds and other selected stories. Mosaik Verlag, 399 pages