Background
Frank, Waldo was born on August 25, 1889 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Julius J. and Helene (Rosenberg) Frank.
Frank, Waldo was born on August 25, 1889 in Long Branch, New Jersey, United States. Son of Julius J. and Helene (Rosenberg) Frank.
Bachelor of Arts, Yale, 1911 (Phi Beta Kappa), Master of Arts, 1911. Honorary fellow same. Honorary Doctor of Letters, Universidad Nacional de San Marcos, Peru, 1929.
Doctor and Professor honoris causa, University of Quito (Ecuador), 1949.
Staff of New York Evening Post and New York Times, 1911-1913. A founder and an editor of The Seven Arts, 1916-1917. American correspondent La Nouyelle Revue Française and of “Europe” (Paris).
Stories and essays to mags., Europe, Latin America and United States Author: numerous books since 1917, including Our America, 1919. City Block, 1922; Rahab, 1922. Holiday, 1923; Virgin Spain, 1926.
The Rediscovery of America, 1929. America Hispana: A Portrait and a Prospect, 1931. The Death and Birth of David Markand, 1934.
The Bridegroom Cometh, 1938. Chart for Rough Water, 1940. The Jew in Our Day, 1944.
The Island in the Atlantic, 1946. The Invaders, 1948; Birth of a World: Bolivar in Terms of his Peoples, 1951. Not Heaven, 1953; Bridgehead, the Drama of Israel, 1957.
The Rediscovery of Man, 1958. The Prophetic Island: A Portrait of Cuba, 1961. Co-author, editor books, plays, anthologies.
Republican in many anthologies and collections. Lecturer, modern art and literature, New School for Social Research (New York). Lecturer on American Civilization and Culture, National Universities of Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and others, 1929.
Lectured before university, metropolitan and provincial audiences throughout Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and Chile, during 6 months of 1942 on Hemisphere Problems of the War and Post War. Honored by several university and goverments by being chosen as lecturer, honorary officer or delegate to various international cultural meetings.
Author: numerous books since 1917, including Our America, 1919. City Block, 1922
Rahab, 1922. Holiday, 1923
Virgin Spain, 1926.
The Rediscovery of America, 1929. America Hispana: A Portrait and a Prospect, 1931. The Death and Birth of David Markand, 1934.
The Bridegroom Cometh, 1938. Chart for Rough Water, 1940. The Jew in Our Day, 1944.
The Island in the Atlantic, 1946. The Invaders, 1948
Birth of a World: Bolivar in Terms of his Peoples, 1951. Not Heaven, 1953
Bridgehead, the Drama of Israel, 1957.
The Rediscovery of Man, 1958. The Prophetic Island: A Portrait of Cuba, 1961. Co-author, editor books, plays, anthologies.
Republican in many anthologies and collections. Lecturer, modern art and literature, New School for Social Research (New York). Lecturer on American Civilization and Culture, National Universities of Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, and others, 1929.
Lectured before university, metropolitan and provincial audiences throughout Brazil, Argentina, Peru, Uruguay and Chile, during 6 months of 1942 on Hemisphere Problems of the War and Post War. Honored by several university and goverments by being chosen as lecturer, honorary officer or delegate to various international cultural meetings.
Member National Institute Arts and Letters.
Married 3d, Jean Klempner, 1943. Children: Thomas, Michal Enid, Deborah, Jonathan, Timothy.