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Floyd Dell

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Novelist, poet, playwright, critic, editor (1887-1969)

United StatesWritersLived 1887 to 1969 · aged 82
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Floyd James Dell was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. " In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated Friday Literary Review.

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Floyd James Dell was an American newspaper and magazine editor, literary critic, novelist, playwright, and poet. Dell has been called "one of the most flamboyant, versatile and influential American Men of Letters of the first third of the 20th Century." In Chicago, he was editor of the nationally syndicated Friday Literary Review. As editor and critic, Dell's influence is seen in the work of many major American writers from the first half of the 20th century. A lifelong poet, he was also a best-selling author, as well as a playwright whose hit Broadway comedy, Little Accident (1928), was made into a Hollywood movie.

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United States
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deceased
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Lived 1887 to 1969 · aged 82
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