About William Kozlenko
Lived 1907 – 1984 (aged 76). William Kozlenko was an editor.
William Kozlenko was an American playwright, screenwriter, and editor of multiple stage-play compilations and anthologies, as well as being a founding editor of One-Act Play Magazine, which published from 1937–1942, and a co-founder of the One-Act Repertory Theater. His best-known editorial compilations include The Disputed Works of William Shakespeare and the 1938 collection The Best Short Plays of the Social Theater, which included contemporary works such as Clifford Odets' Waiting for Lefty, Marc Blitzstein's The Cradle Will Rock, and W.H. Auden's and Christopher Isherwood's The Dog Beneath the Skin.
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Who was William Kozlenko?
editor and playwright
When was William Kozlenko born?
William Kozlenko was born on 1 October 1907.
When did William Kozlenko die?
William Kozlenko died on 24 June 1984.
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William Kozlenko was an editor.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). William Kozlenko. https://biography.guide/william-kozlenko/
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