
First Jewish Recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Valeur du record
12 May 1929
Elmer Rice, born Elmer Leopold Reizenstein in New York City, became the first verified Jewish recipient of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama when his play Street Scene won in 1929. The play premiered at the Playhouse Theatre on 10 January 1929 and portrays the lives of immigrant and working-class neighbours outside a New York tenement. Rice's drama explored tension, aspiration and prejudice through the intertwined experiences of its urban characters. The official Pulitzer Prize archive confirms Rice and Street Scene as the Drama winner for 1929.
- Pays représenté
- États-Unis
- Lieu de l’accomplissement
- New York, New York, États-Unis
- Date de l’accomplissement
- 12 mai 1929
