Leopold Atlas

Leopold Atlas
Fellow: Awarded 1936
Field of Study: Drama and Performance Art
Competition: US & Canada
As published in the Foundation’s Report for 1935–36:
ATLAS, LEOPOLD L.: Appointed for creative writing in the field of the drama; tenure, twelve months from May 15, 1936.
Born October 19, 1907, in Brooklyn, New York. Education: Department of Drama, Yale University, 1927–29.
Author of L, Good Time and Summer Night, plays, produced at Yale University, 1928–29; Wednesday’s Child produced by Potter and Haight in New York City, 1934.
Publications: Plays: Wednesday’s Child and The House We Live In, 1934. Contributor to Yale One-Act Plays, 1930; Plays for the College Theater, 1934; One-Act Plays for Stage and Study, 1934.