Edwin Denby (poet), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Edwin Denby (poet)

Dance critic and poet

Date of Birth: 04-Feb-1903

Place of Birth: Tianjin, China

Date of Death: 12-Jul-1983

Profession: writer, poet, translator, author, journalist, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Edwin Orr Denby (February 4, 1903 – July 12, 1983) was an American writer of dance criticism, poetry, and a novel, but is perhaps now best known for his work with Orson Welles in translating and adapting the 1851 French comedy The Italian Straw Hat to the American stage in 1936 in the form of the farce Horse Eats Hat.