Harry Behn
Harry Behn (September 24, 1898 – September 6, 1973) was an American former screenwriter.
Harry Behn
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. Behn retired from screenwriting in the 1930s; he worked as a creative writing professor at the University of Arizona from 1938 to 1947 and co-founded the University of Arizona Press; he would later move to Connecticut and transition to children's literature. He died in Seville in 1973 during a trip.[1][2] His son, Peter Behn was cast as young Thumper in the film Bambi.[3]
Behn's translations of haiku provided the texts for two works by Norman Dinerstein:
References[edit]
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.
HARRY BEHN DEAD; AN EARLY SCENARIST (obituary on page 38 of the New York Times, Monday, September 10, 1973)