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person1927–1973

S.N. Behrman

Disciplines:
biography
journalism
playwriting
journalism/new yorker

Summary

American playwright and New Yorker journalist who wrote The Days of Duveen — the definitive profile of art dealer Joseph Duveen — and was one of the most successful Broadway playwrights of the 1930s and 40s.

Core Contribution

Documented Joseph Duveen's story with the narrative skill of a playwright — making a complex character's sales psychology vivid and comprehensible — creating the most readable account of how to sell to the ultra-wealthy.

Notable Works & Achievements

Duveen

Historical Influences

New Yorker literary journalism tradition

Intellectual Lineage

Worcester MassachusettsHarvard University Broadway playwritingNew Yorker

Contemporaries & Peers

New Yorker writers of his era

Minds Influenced

Duveen historical recordFounders podcast content

Intellectual Posterity

Duveen

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