Jack Gelber

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Jack Gelber

Literature

#1821

World Rank

#3465

Historical Rank

#880

USA Rank

Writing

#495

World Rank

#756

Historical Rank

#320

USA Rank

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Why Is Jack Gelber Influential?

According to Wikipedia, Jack Gelber was an American playwright best known for his 1959 drama The Connection, depicting the life of drug-addicted jazz musicians. The first great success of the Living Theatre, the play was translated into five languages and produced in ten nations. Gelber continued to work and write in New York, where he also taught writing, directing and drama as a professor, chiefly at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, where he created the MFA program in playwriting. In 1999 he received the Edward Albee Last Frontier Playwright Award in recognition of his lifetime of achievements in theatre.

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What Schools Are Affiliated With Jack Gelber?

Jack Gelber is affiliated with the following schools:

• Brooklyn College