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Paul Eliot Green (March 17, 1894 – May 4, 1981) was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In Abraham's Bosom, which was included in Burns Mantle 's The Best Plays of 1926-1927 .
Paul Green was an American novelist and playwright whose characteristic works deal with North Carolina folklore and regional themes. He was one of the first white playwrights to write perceptively about the problems of Southern blacks.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
The Paul Green Foundation was established in 1982 to perpetuate the vision of playwright and activist Paul Green, whose commitment to the arts and human rights continues today through the mission of the Foundation.
Paul Eliot Green was a humanist, a playwright, and the first white writer to create plays about African Americans. He was also a poet, short-story author, novelist, radio and screenplay...
May 6, 1981 · Paul Green, who won the Pulitzer Prize in 1927 for ''In Abraham's Bosom,'' a drama of black life in his native North Carolina, and who went on to write many notable works for the American...
Paul Eliot Green (March 17, 1894 – May 4, 1981) was an American playwright whose work includes historical dramas of life in North Carolina during the first decades of the twentieth century. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his 1927 play, In Abraham's Bosom, which was included in Burns Mantle 's The Best Plays of 1926-1927.
According to Vincent Kenny in Paul Green, Paul Green's plays have been seen by more men, women, and children than have all the works of Arthur Miller and Edward Albee. Despite these facts, he is still a virtually unknown playwright. Many believe that there are two reasons for his virtual obscurity from the public.
