Harry Behn

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birthdate = September 24, 1898
location = McCabe, Arizona, United States
deathdate = September 6, 1973, age 74
deathplace = Greenwich, Connecticut, US
spouse = Alice Lawrence (1905-1989)

Harry Behn, also known as Giles Behn, was an American screenwriter and children's author.

Early life

He was born in 1898 in McCabe, Arizona, which is now a ghost town.

He received his education at Stanford University, which he attended in 1918 and HarvardUniversity (S.B., 1922).

Academic career

In the mid-1930's, Harry Behn joined the faculty of the University of Arizona, where he was a professor of English and ran the educational radio programs. He founded and edited the "Arizona Quarterly", and also founded the Phoenix Little Theater in the 1920's, and the University of Arizona Press in 1960.

Author

Harry Behn wrote many children's books, and also translated Japanese haiku, with the help of people who knew this language.

Artist

Harry Behn also produced a number of paintings, although he is not as well known as an artist as he is as a writer. Some of his paintings are owned by his descendants.

Personal life

Harry Behn was married to Alice Lawrence (1905-1989), and had two sons Prescott Behn and Peter Behn, and one daughter Pamela Behn.
He died in Seville, Spain, while traveling there; his place of residence at the time of his death was Greenwich, Connecticut. He was 74 years old when he died.

Filmography

*"The Big Parade" (1925)
*"Proud Flesh" (1925), with Agnes Christine Johnson
*"La Bohème" (1926), with Ray Doyle
*"The Crowd" (1928), with King Vidor and John V.A. Weaver
*"The Racket" (1928), with Del Andrews
*"Frozen River" (1929)
*"The Sin Sister" (1929), with Andrew Bennison
*"Hell's Angels" (1930), with Howard Estabrook
*"Secret of the Chateau" (1934), with Richard Thorpe

Bibliography

*"Siesta (poetry)", Golden Bough, 1931.
*"The Little Hill", Harcourt, 1949.
*"All Kinds of Time", Harcourt, 1950.
*"Rhymes of the Times", under the pen name Jim Hill, published privately, 1950.
*"Windy Morning", Harcourt, 1953.
*"The House beyond the Meadow", Pantheon, 1955.
*"The Wizard in the Well", Harcourt, 1956.
*"Chinese Proverbs from Olden Times", Peter Pauper, 1956.
*"(Translator and illustrator) Rainer Maria Rilke, Duino Elegies", Peter Pauper, 1957.
*"The Painted Cave", Harcourt, 1957.
*"Timmy's Search", Seabury, 1958.
*"The Two Uncles of Pablo", Harcourt, 1959.
*"Sombra" (poetry), Christtreau, 1961.
*"Roderick", Harcourt, 1961.
*"(Translator) 300 Classic Haiku", Peter Pauper, 1962.
*"(Translator, along with Peter Beilenson) Haiku Harvest: Japanese haiku. Series IV", Peter Pauper, 1962.
*"The Faraway Lurs", World Publishing, 1963.
*"(Translator) Cricket Songs: Japanese haiku", Harcourt, 1964.
*"Omen of the Birds", World Publishing, 1964.
*"The Golden Hive, Harcourt, 1957-1966.
*"Chrysalis: Concerning Children and Poetry", Harcourt, 1949-1968.
*"What a Beautiful Noise", World Publishing, 1970.
*"(Translator) More Cricket Songs: Japanese haiku", Harcourt, 1971.
*"Crickets and Bullfrogs and Whispers of Thunder: Poems and Pictures", edited by Lee Bennett Hopkins, Harcourt, 1949-1984.
*"Trees: A Poem, illustrated by James Endicott, H. Holt (New York, NY), 1992.
*"Halloween, illustrated by Greg Couch, North-South (New York, NY), 2003.
*"The Grand Canyon: an ode", under the pseudonym Giles Behn, 150 copies published privately (date unknown).

References

"Book Poems: Poems from National Children's Book Week 1959-1998", page 26. Children's Book Council, 1998.
"Contemporary Authors Online", Gale, 2003.
"Rememberings", by Alice Lawrence Behn Goebel, edited by Pamela Behn Adam. Published privately, 1983 [?] .
"St. James Guide to Children's Writers", 5th ed. St. James Press, 1999.
[http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10C15FD345B1B778DDDA90994D1405B838BF1D3 HARRY BEHN DEAD; AN EARLY SCENARIST] (obituary on page 38 of the "New York Times", Monday, September 10, 1973)

External links

* [http://nwda-db.wsulibs.wsu.edu/findaid/ark:/80444/xv12322 Guide to the Harry Behn papers at the University of Oregon]

Persondata
NAME= Behn, Harry
ALTERNATIVE NAMES= Behn, Giles
SHORT DESCRIPTION=American screenplay writer and children's author
DATE OF BIRTH= September 24, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH= McCabe, Arizona, United States
DATE OF DEATH= September 6, 1973, age 75
PLACE OF DEATH= Greenwich, Connecticut, US