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Laura Zametkin Hobson (June 19, 1900 – February 28, 1986) was an American writer, best known for her novels Gentleman's Agreement (1947) and Consenting Adult (1975). [1] Early life and career. Laura Kean Zametkin was born on June 19, 1900 [note 1] in Manhattan, New York City.
Laura Z. Hobson was an American novelist and short-story writer noted for her novel Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), a best-selling study of anti-Semitism. The daughter of Jewish socialist parents, she was educated at Cornell University, Ithaca, N.Y., and married Thayer Hobson in 1930.
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Writer Laura Z. Hobson is best known for her book Gentleman’s Agreement (1947), about anti-Semitism in America, which was turned into the Oscar winning film starring Gregory Peck. Her unconventional life as a single mother of two in the 1930s was reflected in her writing, as well as in Consenting Adult (1975), about a mother’s growing ...
Mar 2, 1986 · Laura Z. Hobson, the author of the acclaimed 1947 novel on anti-Semitism in America, ''Gentleman's Agreement,'' died of cancer at New York Hospital Friday night. She...
HOBSON, LAURA Z. (Zametkin; 1900–1986), U.S. author. The daughter of the Yiddish writer Michael Zametkin, she worked for the New York Evening Post and later became copy chief for Time, Inc. She published short stories and novels from the mid-1930s, her best-known work being the novel Gentleman's Agreement (1947), a study of antisemitism in ...
Sep 10, 2015 · Laura Z. Hobson (June 19, 1900 – February 28, 1986) was an American fiction writer best known for Gentleman’s Agreement and the subsequent award-winning film of the same name. Born Laura Kean Zametkin in New York City, she and her twin sister Alice grew up on Long Island.
Laura Z. Hobson (1900–1986) was an American novelist and short story writer. The daughter of Jewish immigrants, she is best known for her novels Gentlema...
