Robert Wilder (novelist), Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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American writer
Date of Birth: 25-Jan-1901
Place of Birth: Richmond, Virginia, United States
Date of Death: 22-Aug-1974
Profession: screenwriter, writer, journalist, novelist
Nationality: United States
Zodiac Sign: Aquarius 
About Robert Wilder (novelist)
- Robert Ingersoll Wilder (Richmond, Virginia January 25, 1901 – San Diego, California August 22, 1974) was an American novelist, playwright and screenwriter. He was the son of a minister-turned-lawyer-turned-doctor-turned-dentist who was still going to college when his son was born.
- Wilder's childhood was spent at Daytona Beach, Florida.
- Following a stint in the U.S.
- Army during World War I, he was educated at Stetson University and Columbia University.
- At various times in his life, Mr.
- Wilder was a soda jerk, a ship fitter, a theater usher, a shipping clerk, a newspaper copyboy, leader of a criminal gang "a publicity agent" (Claudette Colbert was among his clients), a radio executive, and a journalist (for The New York Sun). Wilder traveled widely and contributed stories to The New Yorker, among other publications.
- Two of his plays were Sweet Chariot, based on the life and career of African-American activist Marcus Garvey, and Stardust, both produced on Broadway, at a time when Wilder was living in Bayside, New York. Probably Wilder's best-known book is the novel Flamingo Road (1942).
- With his wife, Sally, he adapted it into the 1946 play of the same name.
- He then wrote the screenplay for the 1949 film version, starring Joan Crawford.
- He wrote the screenplay for the Western The Big Country (1958), directed by William Wyler.
- A later novel, Wind from the Carolinas, was first published in 1964. Wilder died in August 1974.
- His papers are held at the Gottlieb Library at Boston University.
- For the early 1980s Flamingo Road TV series, Wilder was credited as its creator.
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