Edwin Gilbert (July 15, 1907 – August 24, 1976) was a novelist and playwright/scriptwriter who authored popular novels, including ''Native Stone'' in 1956. Gilbert was born in

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, Germany in 1907 and moved to

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in the United States as a child. He studied architecture at the

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, but went into play writing after winning a prize for a one-act play. Moving to

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, he wrote plays, as well as some magazine work. During

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, he served in the

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, for which he wrote documentary films. After the war, he published a number of novels, including best sellers ''Native Stone'' (1956) and ''Silver Spoon'' (1957).Goodman, George, Jr. (29 August 1976)
"Edwin Gilbert, 69, Scriptwriter, Dramatist and Novelist, Is Dead"
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'' In 1968, he signed the

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pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War."Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''

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'' Gilbert was married to wife Virginia for 32 years before they divorced in 1973.Lowry, Cynthia (10 August 1950)
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story)

Selected bibliography

* ''The Squirrel Cage'' (1947) * ''The Hot and the Cool'' (1953) * ''Native Stone'' (1956) * ''Silver Spoon'' (1957) Fuller, Edmund (5 May 1957)
The Barons of Glenway
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'' * ''The New Ambassadors'' (1961)Boroff, David (1 October 1961)
A Supermarket Builder in Paris (book review)
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'' * ''The Beautiful Life'' (1967)(17 May 1957)
Larky Society (book review)
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'' * ''A Season in Monte Carlo'' (1976)

References

External links

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Edwin Gilbert Collection
at Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center,

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