Background
Herbert Kubly was born on April 26, 1915 in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States, in the family of Nic H. and Alda (Ott) Kubly. He was born and raised on a farm in the Swiss American community.
Herbert Kubly was born on April 26, 1915 in New Glarus, Wisconsin, United States, in the family of Nic H. and Alda (Ott) Kubly. He was born and raised on a farm in the Swiss American community.
Herbert received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism in 1937.
Herbert's first professional work as a journalist was for the Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. He later wrote for the New York Herald Tribune. His first play, Men to the Sea, was produced on Broadway in 1944. Between 1945 and 1947 he served as the music critic for Time magazine. In 1950 Kubly became an associate professor of speech at the University of Illinois, but he left that position to accept a Fulbright grant to Italy, where he spent 18 months in 1950–1951.
Herbert taught creative writing at San Francisco State College in the 1960s. From 1969 to 1984, he was an English professor and writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.
Fellow Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters (Distinguished Contribution, to Literature award 1982). Member Edward MacDowell Association, Authors League American, Dramatists Guild American, Wisconsin Academy of Sciences, Arts and Letters, Pi Epsilon Delta, Theta Chi.
On October 28, 1989, Herbert married Emily Florence Hill, and they adopted a child, Alexander.