Niggli, Josefina (1910–1983)
Niggli, Josefina (1910–1983)
American playwright and poet. Born July 13, 1910, in Monterrey, Nuevo Leon, Mexico; died Dec 17, 1983, in NC; dau. of Frederick Ferdinand and Goldie Morgan Niggli; University of North Carolina, MA, 1937.
During WWII, taught at University of North Carolina; worked in Hollywood as scriptwriter and taught English and drama at Western Carolina University (1956–75); works include Mexican Silhouettes (1931), Singing Valley (M.A. thesis, 1936), The Red Velvet Goat (1936), and Sunday Cost Five Pesos (1939); several plays published in The Best One-Act Plays of 1937 and The Best One-Act Plays of 1938; wrote novels Mexican Village (1945) and Step Down, Elder Brother (1947); also published Pointers on Playwriting (1945).
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