Carl Randau (8 August 1893 - April 1969) was an American playwright

Dashiell Hammett Samuel Dashiell Hammett ( ; May 27, 1894 – January 10, 1961) was an American writer of hard-boiled detective novels and short stories. He was also a screenwriter and political activist. Among the characters he created are Sam Spade ('' The Ma ...

, ''Selected Letters of Dashiell Hammett'', Counterpoint,U.S., 2002, p. 26

/ref> and journalist.

Biography

A native of Iowa, Society of Sigma Xi, ''A Magazine of Sigma Chi'', v. 61, no. 3, 194

/ref> he moved to

New York City New York, often called New York City (NYC), is the most populous city in the United States, located at the southern tip of New York State on one of the world's largest natural harbors. The city comprises five boroughs, each coextensive w ...

in the 1930s where he was a journalist for the ''

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''.Abe C. Ravitz, ''Leane Zugsmith: Thunder on the Left'', Intl Pub, 1992, p. 10

/ref> He was the President of

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from 1934 to 1940. In 1940, he married Leane Zugsmith. After the

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, he and his wife visited

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and

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to work as correspondents for the newspaper '' PM''.

Paulist Fathers The Paulist Fathers, officially named the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (), abbreviated CSP, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded in New York City in 1858 by Isaac Hecker in collaboration w ...

, ''New Catholic World'', v. 155, 1942, p. 20

/ref>

Bibliography

*''The Setting Sun of Japan'' (1942) (with Leane Zugsmith) *''The Visitor'' (1944) (with Leane Zugsmith)

References

Writers from Iowa 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights 1893 births 1969 deaths Journalists from New York City 20th-century American non-fiction writers {{US-playwright-stub