Owen Davis

原名： Owen Davis

Born： Owen Gould Davis, (1874-01-29)January 29, 1874, Portland, Maine, U.S.

Died： October 14, 1956(1956-10-14) (aged 82), New York City, New York, U.S.

Spouse： Elizabeth Breyer

Children： Owen Davis Jr., Donald Davis

Pen name： John Oliver

Education： University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Harvard University (BA)

Occupation： Playwright, screenwriter

Notable awards： Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1923)

个人简介

Owen Gould Davis (January 29, 1874 – October 14, 1956) was an American dramatist known for writing more than 200 plays and having most produced. In 1919, he became the first elected president of the Dramatists Guild of America. He received the 1923 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Icebound, His plays and scripts included works for radio and film. Before the First World War, he wrote racy sketches of New York high jinks and low life for the Police Gazette under the name of Ike Swift. Many of these were set in the Tenderloin, Manhattan. Davis also wrote under several other pseudonyms, including Martin Hurley, Arthur J. Lamb, Walter Lawrence, John Oliver, and Robert Wayne.

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