Justus Miles Forman
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Justus Miles Forman
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Born | Le Roy, New York |
November 1, 1875
Died | Script error: The function "death_date_and_age" does not exist. RMS Lusitania, Atlantic Ocean |
Justus Miles Forman (November 1, 1875 – May 7, 1915) was an American novelist and playwright.
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Biography
Forman was born on November 1, 1875 in Le Roy, New York.[1] He attended Yale University.
His only play, The Hyphen, appeared in 1915 but did not receive the success Forman expected. The Hyphen was a topical drama about "German-Americans" and "Irish-Americans" whose patriotism and fidelity to the United States is questioned due to events in Europe during World War I. Forman hoped that the drama would do better business in a production in London and decided to book a first-class passage aboard the RMS Lusitania. Days before he was to board the liner, however, he received a mysterious phone call from a man with a thick German accent who warned him not to board the Lusitania. Forman ignored the phone call and embarked on the Lusitania on May 1, 1915.[2] The Lusitania was torpedoed on May 7, 1915, and Forman was among the 1,198 passengers who perished in the sinking. His body was never recovered.
Works
- Garden of Lies (1902)
- Jason (1909)
- Bianca's Daughter (1910)
- The Opening Door
- The Unknown Lady
- Journey's End
- Island of Enchantment
References
External links
- Works by Justus Miles Forman at Project Gutenberg
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- Justus Miles Forman at the Internet Movie Database at the Internet Movie Database
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- 20th-century American novelists
- American male novelists
- Deaths on the RMS Lusitania
- 1875 births
- 1915 deaths
- People lost at sea
- People who died at sea
- Yale University alumni
- People from Le Roy, New York
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- American male dramatists and playwrights