JOHN STEINBECK This contract, signed by the American author, authorized a German production of Of Mice and Men Typewritten contract signed: "John Steinbeck", 2p, 7½x12½ New York, New York, 1946 June 3.John Steinbeck signed this contract, dated June 3, 1946, allowing German-speaking actors to perform Of Mice and Men, his 1937 novelette featuring the tragic characters of Lennie and George, two migrant laborers. The work had been chosen by the Book-of-the-Month Club and quickly became a best seller, sparking both Broadway's and Hollywood's interest in adapting it into a play. While writing Of Mice and Men in 1936, Steinbeck was growing increasingly interested in the theater, believing it to be the best medium to reach the common working man. In fact, Steinbeck actually wrote the book with the intention of making it a novel/play - a novel which could be performed as it was without needing to be revised for the stage. However,this experiment failed, and Steinbeck was forced to adapt it - his first attempt at writing a screen play. He was advised and encouraged by dramatist George S.
ERNEST HEMINGWAY Handwritten 1936 manuscript likely intended for publication in Esquire magazine, vividly describing the horrors of war, with his third person signature in the text Autograph Manuscript signed in text: "Mr. Ernest Hemingway" in pencil, 1 page, 8½x11. No place, c. 1936. Headed by him: "Please Mr. Ernest Hemingway by Paul Harris, The American Criterion, Dec 1935, about 'letters' appearing monthly in Esquire…." Ernest Hemingway was a frequent contributor to "Esquire" magazine. He wrote a total 31 "letters" which were published in "Esquire" in the 1930s. In the September 1935 issue, he wrote: "Notes on the Next War: A Serious Topical Letter". This may be a rough draft of one of the 31 "letters". Hemingway has made an "X", crossing out the entire letter. In part: "Mr. Hemingway, you were at the front. You saw people die? I was ten and I saw people, I saw something in them die and they had to go on making believe they were alive still with their guts out of them. I saw people age.Nobel Prize in Literature | Photographs
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PEARL S. BUCK - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 254964PEARL S. BUCK The Pulitzer Prize winning author signs this photograph of herself in a contemplative pose Photograph inscribed and signed: "With best wishes/to Herr Karl/Hardt,/I am Yours Sincerely/Pearl S. Buck".Sale Price $405.00
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JOHN GALSWORTHY - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 250984JOHN GALSWORTHY Black and white publicity photograph of John Galsworthy wearing a suit and tie. Photograph signed: "John Galsworthy". B/w with brown hue, 7x9 overall, image 4x5½ (one surface). Photograph by Elliott & Fry. On verso, listing in ink (unknown hand) of Galsworthy's poems and plays.
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SIR WILLIAM GOLDING - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 190116WILLIAM GOLDING. Photograph signed on verso: "All I have!/With best/wishes/William Golding". B/w, 1½x2½. Golding, the winner of the 1983 Nobel Prize in Literature for his body of work, is best known for his 1954 novel, Lord of the Flies.
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GUNTER W. GRASS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 256809GÜNTER GRASS Black and white 4x6 publicity photograph of the 1999 Nobel Prize-winner for Literature Photograph signed: "Günter/Grass". B/w, 4¼x6 overall, image 4x5 (one surface).
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GUNTER W. GRASS - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 268154GÜNTER GRASS Black and white 4x5¾ publicity photograph of the 1999 Nobel Prize-winner for Literature, shown smoking a cigarette Photograph signed: "Günter/Grass". B/w, 4x5¾.
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GERHART HAUPTMANN - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH 1936 - HFSID 15372GERHART HAUPTMANN. Photograph signed: "Gerhart Hauptmann/1936". B/w, 5x7. German dramatist, novelist and poet Gerhart Hauptman (1862-1946) won the 1912 Nobel Prize in Literature for "his fruitful, varied and outstanding production in the realm of dramatic art.
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THOMAS MANN - NEWSPAPER PHOTOGRAPH SIGNED - HFSID 789THOMAS MANN The Nobel Peace Prize recipient signs on this 3¼x4¾ newspaper photograph in ink Newspaper Photograph Signed: "Thomas Mann". 3¼x4¾ card. With a black and white 2x3½ newspaper photograph affixed.
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KENZABURO OE - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 272461KENZABURO OE. Photograph signed: "Kenzaburo Oe". B/w with blue hue, 5x7. Depicts Oe receiving the Nobel Prize in Literature. Kenzaburo Oe (born in Shikoku, Japan in 1935) was awarded
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 52637GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Vintage 9¾x13 photo, inscribed and signed by him at the request of Cedric Hardwicke Photograph inscribed and signed: "G Bernard Shaw/for Mr. Leslie Bloom/at the request of/Cedric Hardwicke". Sepia, 9¾x13. Photo by Sasha of London.
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - AUTOGRAPHED INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH 01/28/1937 - HFSID 255393GEORGE BERNARD SHAW Sepia publicity photograph of George Bernard Shaw wearing a dark coat. Photograph inscribed and signed: "To Miriam Lehman-Haupt/from G. Bernard Shaw/28-1-37". Sepia, 6½x8¾ overall, image 5¼x7¼ (one surface).
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GEORGE BERNARD SHAW - INSCRIBED PHOTOGRAPH MOUNT SIGNED 11/1938 - HFSID 348008GEORGE BERNARD SHAW This framed image is signed and inscribed to a young woman named Mary Lawton Inscribed Photograph Mount Signed: "To Mary Lawton from G. Bernard Shaw", 15x11 visible, actual image 14x11 (visible) and mounted to a larger page. B/w. Dated November 1938.
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WOLE SOYINKA - AUTOGRAPHED SIGNED PHOTOGRAPH - HFSID 259202WOLE SOYINKA. Photograph signed: "Wole Soyinka". Color, 5x7. A Nigerian playwright, poet, novelist and lecturer, Soyinka's writings draw on African tradition and mythology while employing Western literary forms. In 1986 Soyinka became the first African writer and the first Black writer to win the Nobel Prize in Literature.
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