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Paul Zindel

Who

Paul Zindel · Arts & Literature

What

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

When

1936, Staten Island, New York, United States — 2003, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Paul Zindel is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize for Drama

How & why

Paul Zindel won the 1971 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for 'The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds' and became a hugely popular writer of realistic young-adult novels such as 'The Pigman'. He was raised on Staten Island in a family of German descent; no Jewish ancestry is documented in mainstream biographies of him, so his inclusion in some Jewish reference lists is not independently confirmed.

Sources & external links

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Contributions & Sources

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Source: Jinfo.org — Jewish Recipients of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama