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Leo Calvin Rosten (April 11, 1908 - February 19, 1997) was born in Lodz, Russian Empire (now Poland) and died in New York City. Events 491 - Flavius Anastasius becomes Byzantine Emperor, with the name of Anastasius I. Year 1908 ( MCMVIII) was a Leap year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Leap year Events 197 - Roman Emperor Septimius Severus defeats usurper Clodius Albinus in the Battle of Lugdunum Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar Łódź is Poland 's third largest city with population of 753192 in 2007 (lost its second rank to Krakow in 2007 He was a teacher, academic and humorist best remembered for his stories about the night-school "prodigy" Hyman Kaplan (first published in The New Yorker in the 1930s, and later reprinted in two volumes—The Education of Hyman Kaplan and The Return of Hyman Kaplan, under the pseudonym Leonard Q. Hyman Kaplan, or H* Y* M*A*N K*A*P*L*A*N as he habitually signs himself is a Fictional character in a series of Humorous stories by Leo Rosten The New Yorker is an American Magazine that publishes reportage commentary criticism essays fiction satire cartoons and poetry A pseudonym is a fictitious alternative to a person's legal name (see Alias) Ross).

He is also well-known for his encyclopedic volume The Joys of Yiddish (1968), a guide to the Yiddish language and to Jewish culture (as well as a source for anecdotes and Jewish humor). The Joys of Yiddish is a book containing the Lexicon of common words and phrases in the Yiddish language primarily focusing on those words that had become Yiddish (yi [[wiktייִדיש ייִדיש]] yidish or yi [[wiktאידיש אידיש]] idish, literally "Jewish" is a nonterritorial High For other uses see Anecdota. For a comparison of anecdote with other kinds of stories see Myth legend fairy tale and fable. Jewish humour is the long tradition of Humour in Judaism dating back to the Torah and the Midrash, but generally refers to the more recent It was followed by "O Kaplan! My Kaplan!" 1976, and Hooray for Yiddish! (1982) , a humorous lexicon of the American language as influenced by Jewish culture.

Among his other works is a large volume titled Leo Rosten's Treasury of Jewish Quotations. Among his own many quotations are: "A conservative is one who admires radicals centuries after they're dead," "Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense," "We see things as we are, not as they are," and "I cannot believe that the purpose of life is to be happy. I think the purpose of life is to be useful, to be responsible, to be compassionate. It is, above all to matter, to count, to stand for something, to have made some difference that you lived at all. "

Rosten was a successful screenwriter. He wrote the story for The Dark Corner, a film noir starring Mark Stevens; and Lured, the Douglas Sirk-directed period drama featuring Lucille Ball. The Dark Corner is a 1946 Film noir directed by Henry Hathaway and starring Lucille Ball and Clifton Webb. Film noir is a cinematic term used primarily to describe stylish Hollywood crime dramas, particularly those that emphasize moral ambiguity and sexual motivation Lured (also known as Personal Column in the UK) is the title of a 1947 film released by United Artists, directed by Douglas Sirk ( April 26, 1900 &ndash January 14, 1987) was a German Film director best known for his work in Lucille Ball (August 6 1911 – April 26 1989 was an American comedienne, film television stage and radio Actress, model, film He is listed as one of the writers for Captain Newman, M. D. adapted from his novel of the same title. Other films: Mechanized Patrolling (1943) (as Leonard Q. Ross), They Got Me Covered (1943) (story) (as Leonard Q. Ross), All Through the Night" (1942) (story) (as Leonard Q. Ross), The Conspirators (1944) (screenplay), The Velvet Touch (1948), Sleep, My Love (1948) (novel) (screenplay), Double Dynamite (1951) (story), Walk East on Beacon (1952), and Mister Cory (1957) (story). The Velvet Touch is a 1948 American Drama film released by RKO. Sleep My Love ( 1948) is a Feature film directed by Douglas Sirk, and starring Claudette Colbert, Robert Cummings Double Dynamite is a 1951 movie musical Comedy featuring Jane Russell, Groucho Marx, and Mister Cory is a 1957 film by Blake Edwards starring Tony Curtis as a con artist who almost reforms

At a tribute dinner to fellow humorist W. C. Fields, a youngish and reportedly nervous Rosten came up with the unscripted remark about Fields that "anyone who hates babies and dogs can't be all bad!" This statement is often misattributed to Fields himself. W C Fields ( January 29, 1880 &ndash December 25, 1946) was an American Juggler, Comedian, and Actor

In 1935, Rosten married Priscilla Ann "Pam" Mead (1911-1959), sister of anthropologist Margaret Mead. Margaret Mead ( December 16, 1901, Philadelphia &ndash November 15, 1978, New York City) was an American They had two daughters: Madeline Rosten and Margaret Ramsey Rosten, and a son, Philip Rosten (1938-1996), who in turn had 6 grandchildren, Josh and Ben Lee (Madeline), Seth Muir (Margaret), and Alexander, Carrie and Pamela Rosten (Phillip). Carrie followed in her grandfather's literary footsteps and has authored three books including a young adult novel, "Chloe Leiberman (Sometimes Wong)"

Leo Rosten's first marriage ended in divorce. Rosten's second wife, whom he married in 1960, was Gertrude Zimi (1915-1995). [1]

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  1. ^ NY Times obituary, February 20, 1997. William Norman Ewer (1885 - 1976 was a British journalist remembered mostly now for a few lines of verse
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