N. Richard Nash

Born Nathan Richard Nusbaum in Philadelphia, he completed South Philadelphia High School in 1930 before studying English and philosophy at the University of Pennsylvania, a foundation that later informed his prolific writing career. Early success arrived with the verse drama Parting at Imsdorf, which earned the Maxwell Anderson Verse Drama Award, and his Broadway comedy The Second Best Bed (1946)… Read more

Biography written by WatchMoods, based on public sources