Douglass Wallop

Douglass Wallop

Douglass Wallop était un romancier et dramaturge, né sur le rivage oriental du Maryland en 1920 et mort en 1985.

Il a écrit 13 œuvres mais la plus célèbre est The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant, en 1954. Il gagna un Tony Award pour la meilleure comédie musicale de Broadway grâce à Damn Yankees, basée sur ce roman, produite en collaboration avec George Abbott.

En 1949, il a épousé l'actrice et romancière Lucille Fletcher jusqu'à sa mort.

Durant les années 1930 et le début des années 1940, il étudia à l'Université du Maryland. Il participait également en tant que rédacteur à un magazine étudiant littéraire et humoristique, The Old Line qui dura des années 1930 aux années 1960.


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