Harry Behn

Harry Behn
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Born(1898-09-24)September 24, 1898
McCabe, Arizona, United States
DiedSeptember 6, 1973(1973-09-06) (aged 74)
SpouseAlice Lawrence (1905–1989)

Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973) was an American screenwriter and children's author.

He was involved in writing scenes and continuities for a number of screenplays, including the war film The Big Parade in 1925, and Hell's Angels. He graduated from Harvard University in 1922.

Filmography

Bibliography

  • Siesta (poetry), Golden Bough, 1937
  • 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.
  • (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 kite (Missing ~Date~).

Behn's translations of haiku provided the texts for two works by Norman Dinerstein:

  • Cricket Songs for unison children's chorus and piano (1967)
  • Frogs for SATB chorus (1977)

Notes

  1. ^ Library of Congress Copyright Office (Aug 14, 1971). "Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series". Retrieved Aug 14, 2021 – via Google Books.
  2. ^ "Musica Sacra, a choral ensemble based in Harvard Square, Cambridge, MA | Official Web Site | Mary's Playlist: All-Time Favorites - May 22, 2010". musicasacra.org. Retrieved Aug 14, 2021.

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