Edwin Gilbert (July 15, 1907 – August 24, 1976) was a novelist and playwright/scriptwriter who authored popular novels, including Native Stone in 1956.
Gilbert was born in Mannheim, Germany in 1907 and moved to Detroit in the United States as a child. He studied architecture at the University of Michigan, but went into play writing after winning a prize for a one-act play. Moving to New York City, he wrote plays, as well as some magazine work. During World War II, he served in the United States Army Air Forces, for which he wrote documentary films. After the war, he published a number of novels, including best sellers Native Stone (1956) and Silver Spoon (1957).Goodman, George, Jr. (29 August 1976). "Edwin Gilbert, 69, Scriptwriter, Dramatist and Novelist, Is Dead", The New York Times
In 1968, he signed the Writers and Editors War Tax Protest pledge, vowing to refuse tax payments in protest against the Vietnam War."Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 New York Post
Gilbert was married to wife Virginia for 32 years before they divorced in 1973.Lowry, Cynthia (10 August 1950). Actress Makes Good Housewife, Writer, Model, Spartanburg Herald (Associated Press story)
Selected bibliography The Squirrel Cage (1947) Damion's Daughter (1949) - adapted into a play broadcast in Season 2 of The Philco Television Playhouse. The Hot and the Cool (1953) Native Stone (1956) Silver Spoon (1957)Fuller, Edmund (5 May 1957). The Barons of Glenway, The New York Times The New Ambassadors (1961)Boroff, David (1 October 1961). A Supermarket Builder in Paris (book review), The New York Times The Beautiful Life (1966)(17 March 1967). Larky Society (book review), Time A Season in Monte Carlo (1976)
References
External links
Edwin Gilbert Collection, at Howard Gotlieb Archival Research Center, Boston University