Biography:
Born 1889 in Pittsburgh, PA, In 1915 Kaufman was writing for
The New York Tribune,
but moved to The New York Times two years later. His writing had a biting wit
and brusque manner, although he may have been different in person. Moss Hart said he had
"a heart as hard and tough as a marshmallow." He collaborated with many writers
including Marc Connelly, Edna Ferber, Moss Hart, Ring Lardner, J.P. Marquand, Morris
Ryskind, Robert Sherwood, Howard Teichmann and Alexander Woolcott. Died
1961. |
