Herbert Kubly | |
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Born | Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly April 26, 1915 New Glarus, Wisconsin |
Died | August 7, 1996 New Glarus, Wisconsin | (aged 81)
Occupation | Author, playwright |
Notable works | American in Italy |
Notable awards | National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1956 |
Spouse | Emily Lee Hill |
Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly (April 26, 1915 – August 7, 1996) [1] was an American author and playwright. For his first book, American in Italy, he won the 1956 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction. [2]
Kubly was born and raised on a farm in the Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism in 1937. His first professional work as a journalist was for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. [3] He later wrote for the New York Herald Tribune. [4]
His first play, Men to the Sea, was produced on Broadway in 1944. [5] Between 1945 and 1947 he served as the music critic for Time magazine. [6] [7]
In 1950 Kubly became an associate professor of speech at the University of Illinois, [8] but he left that position to accept a Fulbright grant to Italy, where he spent 18 months in 1950–1951. [9] [10] He taught creative writing at San Francisco State College in the 1960s. From 1969 to 1984, he was an English professor and writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. [11] [12]
He married Emily Lee Hill in 1989. [13] He died in New Glarus at age 81. [14]
The University of Wisconsin–Parkside English Department established the Herbert Kubly Writing Award in 1996 in Kubly's memory. [11]
Herbert Kubly | |
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Born | Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly April 26, 1915 New Glarus, Wisconsin |
Died | August 7, 1996 New Glarus, Wisconsin | (aged 81)
Occupation | Author, playwright |
Notable works | American in Italy |
Notable awards | National Book Award for Nonfiction, 1956 |
Spouse | Emily Lee Hill |
Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly (April 26, 1915 – August 7, 1996) [1] was an American author and playwright. For his first book, American in Italy, he won the 1956 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction. [2]
Kubly was born and raised on a farm in the Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism in 1937. His first professional work as a journalist was for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. [3] He later wrote for the New York Herald Tribune. [4]
His first play, Men to the Sea, was produced on Broadway in 1944. [5] Between 1945 and 1947 he served as the music critic for Time magazine. [6] [7]
In 1950 Kubly became an associate professor of speech at the University of Illinois, [8] but he left that position to accept a Fulbright grant to Italy, where he spent 18 months in 1950–1951. [9] [10] He taught creative writing at San Francisco State College in the 1960s. From 1969 to 1984, he was an English professor and writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside. [11] [12]
He married Emily Lee Hill in 1989. [13] He died in New Glarus at age 81. [14]
The University of Wisconsin–Parkside English Department established the Herbert Kubly Writing Award in 1996 in Kubly's memory. [11]