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Lionel Abel
Who
Lionel Abel · Arts & Literature
What
Literary & drama critic
When
1910, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2001, Manhattan, New York, United States
Where
United States (New York)
Biography
Lionel Abel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic
How & why
American playwright, essayist and theater critic who coined the influential term 'metatheatre' in his 1963 book of that name. An Obie-winning dramatist and an authorized translator of Sartre, he was a fixture of the New York intellectual scene. The son of a rabbi, he was Jewish.
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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
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Literary & drama critic
Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Literary & Drama Critics
