Anatole Feldman
Anatole Feldman | |
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Born | 1901 |
Died | 1972 |
Occupation | pulp magazine writer |
Notable work |
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Spouse | Hedwig Langer |
Anatole France Feldman (1901–1972) is primarily known as a pulp magazine writer from the late-1920s to the late-1930s. He specialized in gangland fiction, appearing primarily in Harold Hersey's gang pulps, Gangster Stories, Racketeer Stories, and Gangland Stories. He also appeared in the rival magazines, Gun Molls and The Underworld.[1][2]
His best-known creation is Chicago gangster
He stirred up a lot of controversy with the readers of Gangster Stories, with his novelette "Gangsters vs. Gobs," a story that improbably pitted the underworld against the Navy. The controversy filled the letters column for several issues.[5]
Feldman also wrote under a number of pennames, including Tony Fields, A.F. Fields, and similar derivations. In 1930–31, he co-edited the short-lived adventure pulp,
He was married to fellow pulp-writer Hedwig Langer, who published under the names H.C. Langer and Beech Allen. In the 1940s, they co-wrote plays. Feldman's first performed play had been The Red Thirst in 1920.[7]
In the 1940s, Feldman edited comic books for Hillman.[8] Rocket Comics and Miracle Comics. Later that year he switched to editing true-crime and true confessions magazines for Hillman.[9]
References
- ^ "The Immortal 'Big Nose' Serrano," by Will Murray, The Pulp Collector, Spring 1985.
- ^ "The Decline and Fall of 'Big Nose' Serrano," by Will Murray, The Pulp Collector, Summer 1986.
- ^ The Gangland Sagas of Big Nose Serrano: Volume 1: Dames, Dice and the Devil (Off-Trail Publications, 2008).
- ^ The Classic Era of American Pulp Magazines, by Peter Haining (Chicago Review Press, 2001).
- Frederick A. Stokes Company, 1937).
- ^ Danger Is My Business: An Illustrated History of the Fabulous Pulp Magazines, by Lee Server (Chronicle Books, 1993).
- ^ "The Stuyvesant Players of New York," The Drama, October 1920, pg22.
- ^ "The Sky Wizard's Lost Origins," by Will Murray, in The Alter Ego Collection Volume 1 (TwoMorrows Publishing, 2006).
- ^ Who's Who of American Comic Books Jerry Bails "Who's Who bio". Archived from the original on 2016-03-03. Retrieved 2012-12-15.