John P. Marquand
American writer (1893–1960)
Biography
John P. Marquand was born in Wilmington, Delaware, in 1893 and died in 1960. He worked as a novelist, journalist, screenwriter, and writer. His early work included the Mr. Moto spy stories, and he later wrote satirical novels that achieved both popular and critical success, including The Late George Apley, which won the Pulitzer Prize in 1938. His writing frequently explored the constraints of life within America's upper class and among those seeking entry to it, often blending respect with satire in his treatment of characters bound by unwritten social codes.
Occupation
John P. Marquand is recorded as a novelist, a journalist, a writer and a screenwriter, born in Delaware (1893–1960).
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