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Ben Hecht

1893 - 1964

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Ben Hecht (; February 28, 1894 – April 18, 1964) was an American screenwriter, director, producer, playwright, journalist, and novelist. A journalist in his youth, he went on to write 35 books and some of the most enjoyed screenplays and plays in America. He received screen credits, alone or in collaboration, for the stories or screenplays of some seventy films. After graduating from high school in 1910, Hecht ran away to Chicago, where, in his own words, he "haunted streets, whorehouses, police stations, courtrooms, theater stages, jails, saloons, slums, madhouses, fires, murders, riots, banquet halls, and bookshops." In the 1910s and 1920s, Hecht became a noted journalist, foreign correspondent, and literary figure. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ben Hecht is the 2,774th most popular writer (up from 2,836th in 2019), the 3,989th most popular biography from United States (down from 3,598th in 2019) and the 316th most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Ben Hecht ranks 2,774 out of 7,302. Before him are Sait Faik Abasıyanık, Neil Postman, Alexandra Ripley, Heinrich Hoffmann, Jonas Jonasson, and Fleur Jaeggy. After him are Budd Schulberg, Olympiodorus of Thebes, Commodian, Kekaumenos, Thomas Otway, and Sextus Pompeius Festus.

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Among people born in 1893, Ben Hecht ranks 127. Before him are Jorge Guillén, Philipp Albrecht, Duke of Württemberg, José María Velasco Ibarra, Johannes Dieckmann, Oskari Friman, and Wilfred Owen. After him are Vera Kholodnaya, Bekir Çoban-zade, László Hudec, Jean Acker, Carlo Emilio Gadda, and Cedric Gibbons. Among people deceased in 1964, Ben Hecht ranks 82. Before him are Samuil Marshak, Flaminio Bertoni, Hugo Koblet, Hermann Breith, Rauf Orbay, and Jean Ray. After him are Otto Schniewind, Aleksander Zawadzki, Khawaja Nazimuddin, Joseph Marx, Gustav-Adolf von Zangen, and T. H. White.

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Among people born in United States, Ben Hecht ranks 3,989 out of 20,380. Before him are William Clothier (1881), Carl Laemmle Jr. (1908), Earle Meadows (1913), Dan Sullivan (1964), Edward MacDowell (1860), and Michael Gazzaniga (1939). After him are Budd Schulberg (1914), Jackie Stallone (1921), Scott Walker (1967), Steve Harvey (1957), Shirley Jones (1934), and Katherine Heigl (1978).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Ben Hecht ranks 316. Before him are Varian Fry (1907), Herman Wouk (1915), Donald E. Westlake (1933), Robert James Waller (1939), Neil Postman (1931), and Alexandra Ripley (1934). After him are Budd Schulberg (1914), Vince Gilligan (1967), Edward Bellamy (1850), Tony Robbins (1960), Mary Mapes Dodge (1831), and Frank McCourt (1930).

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