ReaderofthePack/Eli Cantor
Born(1913-09-09)September 9, 1913
DiedOctober 17, 2006(2006-10-17) (aged 93)
Occupation(s)businessman, novelist, playwright, composer, poet, artist
SpouseBeatrice Cantor

Eli Cantor (September 9, 1913 - October 17, 2006) was an American writer and composer. He was also known by the pseudonym Gregory A Douglas, under which name he published The Unholy Smile and The Nest.

History

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Cantor was born in 1913 in the Bronx and later attended New York University and the Harvard Law School. In 1940 he won a O'Brien Short Story Award and went on to contribute to magazines such as the Saturday Review.[1]

Bibliography

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Plays

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  • Candy Store
  • Fanny's Waltz
  • The Golden Goblet

Novels

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  • Enemy in the Mirror (1977)
  • Love Letters: A Novel (1983)

As Gregory A. Douglas

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  • The Rite (1979, later republished as Unholy Smile)
  • The Nest (1980)

Screenplays

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References

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  1. ^ ZALOUDEK, MARK. "Eli Cantor excelled in business, the arts". Herald Tribune. Retrieved 13 December 2012.