JB
The basics
Quick facts
Intro
German dramatist
Gender:
Male
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Birth:
11 December 1880(Berlin, Germany)
Death:
12 February 1955(New York, U.S.A.)
The details
Biography
Introduction
Julius Bab (December 11, 1880 – February 12, 1955) was a German dramatist and theater critic.
He was a cofounder of the Kulturbund Deutscher Juden. Bab was a close friend of journalist and theater critic Siegfried Jacobsohn and a key contributor to the early years of the magazine Schaubühne, the later Weltbühne.
In 1939 he emigrated to the United States through France. In 1951 he visited Germany in a lecture tour.
He died in Roslyn Heights, New York in 1955.
Works
Around 90 books and biographies about the theater including:
- Der Mensch auf der Bühne