Irving Fineman (aka Jonathan Joseph) was born in New York, the son of a businessman. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917 and did advanced work at Harvard University. For a few years he was an engineering instructor at the University of Illinois-Urbana, but left in 1928 to become a freelance writer. He has written novels, plays, short stories, poems, and has contributed to literary and critical publications. His 1932 novel "Lovers Must Learn" was filmed in 1962 as Rome Adventure.
Discipline:
Literature
Irving Fineman
Discipline:
Literature
MacDowell Fellowships: 1931
Studios
Barnard
Irving Fineman 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…