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Manuel Komroff (September 7, 1890 – 10 December 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in New York where he began his working life as a journalist. He also spent some time in Russia during the
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at Columbia University * 1890 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male screenwriters Writers from New York City Place of death missing 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male novelists American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-novelist-1890s-stub
Manuel Komroff (September 7, 1890 – 10 December 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in New York where he began his working life as a journalist. He also spent some time in Russia during the Russian revolution
The Russian Revolution was a period of Political revolution (Trotskyism), political and social revolution that took place in the former Russian Empire which began during the First World War. This period saw Russia abolish its monarchy and ad ...
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Marco Polo
One of his most successful publications was his edited version of '' The Travels of Marco Polo'', first published in 1926. He not only added a chapter which was missing in the William Marsden translation, but also revised parts of the Henry Yule editions.Works
Novels
*''The Grace of Lambs'' (1925, Boni & Liveright) *''Juggler's Kiss'' (1927, Boni & Liveright) *''Coronet'' (1930, Coward-McCann) *''Two Thieves'' (1931, Coward-McCann) *''I, the Tiger'' (1933, Coward-McCann) *''The March of the Hundred'' (1939, Coward-McCann) * ''The Christmas Letter'' (1941 American Artists Group, N.Y.) *''In the Years of Our Lord'' (1942, Harper & Bros.) *''Echo of Evil'' (1948, Farrar, Straus and Giroux) *''Disraeli'' (1963,Julian Messner
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*''Talleyrand'' (1965, Julian Messner
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Non-fiction
*''Contemporaries of Marco Polo'' (1928, Boni & Liveright) *''The Magic Bow: A Romance of Paganini'' (1940, Harper & Bros.) *''Big City, Little Boy'' (1953,A. A. Wyn
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*''Napoleon'' (1954, J. Messner))
*''Mozart'' (1956, Alfred A. Knopf)
*''Beethoven and the World of Music'' (1962, Dodd, Mead & Co.)
Portrait
There is a large 48x31" portrait of a 24-year-old, foppish Komroff, dated 1914, by Leon Kroll in the Portland Museum of Art ( Maine). Komroff is standing indoors, 3/4 view (to the knees), dressed to go outside. He is holding a large portfolio of papers in his right hand.References
External links
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at Columbia University * 1890 births 1974 deaths 20th-century American novelists American male screenwriters Writers from New York City Place of death missing 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights American male novelists American male dramatists and playwrights 20th-century American male writers Novelists from New York (state) Screenwriters from New York (state) 20th-century American screenwriters {{US-novelist-1890s-stub