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Richard Gilman

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Richard Gilman · Arts & Literature

What

Literary & drama critic

When

1923, Brooklyn, New York, USA — 2006, Kusatsu, Japan

Where

United States

Biography

Richard Gilman is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Literary & drama critic

How & why

Richard Gilman was an influential American literary and drama critic and a professor at the Yale School of Drama, author of studies such as 'The Making of Modern Drama' and 'Decadence,' and a shaping voice in American theatre criticism. His memoir 'Faith, Sex, Mystery' recounts his adult conversion to Catholicism and later departure from it. He was born to a Jewish family.

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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