Arthur Kober (8/25/1900-6/12/1975) was an American humorist, author, press agent, and screenwriter. He was born in what is now Ukraine, but his family moved to Harlem when he was four years old. He attended the High School of Commerce before leaving to work a series of odd jobs. Kober began writing humorous short fiction for The New Yorker in 1926 and these stories were later anthologized in Thunder Over the Bronx, Pardon Me for Pointing, My Dear Bella, Parm Me, and Bella, Bella Kissed a Fella. Over the course of his career, he also wrote for Broadway, television, and Hollywood cinema. He passed away due to caner in 1975.
Discipline:
Literature
Arthur Kober
Discipline:
Literature
Region: New York, NY
MacDowell Fellowships: 1965
Studios
Sprague-Smith
Arthur Kober worked in the Sprague-Smith studio.
In January of 1976, the original Sprague-Smith Studio — built in 1915–1916 and funded by music students of Mrs. Charles Sprague-Smith of the Veltin School — was destroyed by fire. Redesigned by William Gnade, Sr., a Peterborough builder, the fieldstone structure was rebuilt the same year from the foundation up, reusing the original fieldstone. A few…