Alex Klein is an author who was born in Szibo, Hungary on November 12, 1918. He came to the United States with his family at age 5 and grew up in New York and New Jersey. After graduating from City College, he worked as a screenwriter, speechwriter, and advertising and public relations executive. He went on to teach writing at City College and Fordham University and to write several short stories and novels including, The Counterfeit Traitor, which was made into a Hollywood movie. Klein also edited several volumes on social and urban issues and published stories in Houghton Mifflin’s Best American Short Stories collection.
Discipline:
Literature
Alexander Klein
Discipline:
Literature
MacDowell Fellowships: 1952
Studios
Barnard
Alexander Klein worked in the Barnard studio.
Originally built near MacDowell's Union Street entrance, the Barnard Studio — which was funded by Barnard College music students — was re-located to its current site in 1910. When the small structure was moved, its size was doubled with the addition of a second room. This remodeling, financed by Mrs. Thomas E. Emery of Cincinnati…