Aaron E. Hotchner, 1920- . American author
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Finding-Aid for the Hotchner Papers [00056]Collection Description
Papers, 1944-1966.
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Born in St. Louis, A.E. Hotchner is an American author and graduate of Washington University (LA and JD, 1940) who briefly practiced law in St. Louis. In 1942 he joined the United States Air Force and directed the London-Paris bureau of the Air Force Magazine from 1946 to 1948. After a period of free-lance work in Paris from 1949 to 1950, Hotchner went to work for Cosmopolitan magazine as a feature writer from 1950 until 1954. He then returned to serious free-lancing and sold stories and articles to well-circulated magazines. Hotchner later turned to television and the stage as a playwright, writing successfully for Playhouse 90,U.S. Steel Hour, Playwright '58, and Omnibus. A full length novel, The Dangerous American, appeared in 1958, and his plays such as The White House (1964) were produced in New York. In 1955, he began various adaptations for stage and television of work by Ernest Hemingway. Hotchner had meet Hemingway in 1948 in Cuba while on assignment of Cosmopolitan and the two were friends until Hemingway's death in 1961. Papa Hemingway, Hotchner's controversial memoir brought to court by Hemingway's widow, was published in 1966 by Random House.
The Hotchner Papers consist primarily of material relating to Ernest Hemingway, notably Papa Hemingway, and drafts of Hotchner's adaptations of Hemingway materials. Also included are drafts of five original plays by Hotchner, written for television and stage.
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Hotchner, Aaron E., 1920- . American author