About Doris E. Abramson
Lived 1925 – 2008 (aged 82–83). Doris E. Abramson was a dramaturge.
Doris E. Abramson (May 6, 1925 — January 7, 2008) was an American professor, writer, editor, and bookstore proprietor in the United States. She did her dissertation at Columbia University and published a book on Black playwrights. The University of Massachusetts at Amherst has a collection of her papers.
Life Abramson grew up in Amherst and taught at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst. The school has a photo of her from ca. 1948.
She also wrote poetry.
Abramson had a partner, Dorothy Johnson, for over 45 years.
She died of cancer at her home in New Salem.
Books Negro Playwrights in the American Theatre, 1925-1959
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Who was Doris E. Abramson?
American professor and author
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Doris E. Abramson was born on 6 May 1925.
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Doris E. Abramson died in 2008.
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Doris E. Abramson was a dramaturge.
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