Lillian Hellman was born in New Orleans, spent her childhood between New Orleans and New York, attended New York University and Columbia. In 1934 she launched her career as a playwright with The Children's Hour. Over the next three decades came a succession of achievements in the theatre: she has twice been awarded the New York Drama Critics Circle Prize for the best play of the year. Miss Hellman's memoir An Unfinished Woman won the National Book Award in 1969. She also received the Gold...
Pentimento - A Book Of Portraits
Pentimento - A Book Of Portraits
Synopsis
Lillian Hellman's 'Pentimento' offers a collection of personal portraits, painting vivid scenes from her life. Readers are transported to Hollywood during Sam Goldwyn's era and New York's glittering social circles with Dorothy Parker and Tallulah Bankhead. The book also delves into her thirty-year relationship with Dashiell Hammett and her distinguished career as a playwright.
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Dashiell HammettSupporting
Dorothy ParkerCameo
Tallulah BankheadCameo
Sam GoldwynCameo
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PentimentoUnknown, 1975
256 pages
Penguin Publishing GroupLanguage: EnglishISBN: 97804522510765 editions available
