Bruce Jay Friedman

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human novelist playwright screenwriter short story writer

Bruce Jay Friedman was an American novelist, playwright, and screenwriter known for his darkly comic works and contributions to both literature and film.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1930-04-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2020-06-03 ⓘ
educatedAt DeWitt Clinton High School ⓘ
University of Missouri ⓘ
employer Magazine Management Company ⓘ
ethnicGroup Jewish American ⓘ
genre black comedy ⓘ
dark comedy ⓘ
satire ⓘ
hasChild Drew Friedman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Josh Alan Friedman ⓘ
Molly Friedman ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literaryMovement postmodern literature ⓘ
nominatedFor Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ
notableFor darkly comic fiction ⓘ
notableWork A Mother's Kisses ⓘ
About Harry Towns ⓘ
Far From the City of Class ⓘ
Splash ⓘ
Stern ⓘ
Stir Crazy ⓘ
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
The Heartbreak Kid ⓘ
The Lonely Guy's Book of Life ⓘ
occupation editor ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
The Bronx ⓘ
placeOfDeath Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ
positionHeld editor of men’s magazines ⓘ
residence New York City ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
spouse Ginger Howard Friedman ⓘ
Marilyn Friedman NERFINISHED ⓘ
wrote A Mother's Kisses ⓘ
About Harry Towns ⓘ
Doctor Detroit ⓘ
Scuba Duba ⓘ
Splash ⓘ
Steambath ⓘ
Stern ⓘ
Stir Crazy ⓘ
The Collected Short Fiction of Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
The Heartbreak Kid ⓘ
The Lonely Guy's Book of Life ⓘ

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Allen Bauer → createdBy → Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
Splash → screenwriter → Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ
Stir Crazy → screenwriter → Bruce Jay Friedman ⓘ