Leonard Melfi

Leonard Melfi was born in Binghamton, NY, on February 21, 1935. Attended St. Bonaventure University, American Academy of Dramatic Arts, and studied with Uta Hagen/Herbert Berghof; author of “Notes of a New York Playwright” in "Dramatists Guild Quarterly;" two novels, "The End of Marriage Forever!" and "Bright Angel Bright;" film for Sophia Loren, “Lady Liberty”; “Earplay, The Flower Girl”; poetry in "Exodus" and "Provincetown Review;" Channel 13. TV plays, “Puck. Puck, Puck!” and “What a Life!”; artist of abstract paintings, shown May, 1978, at The Stanhope, NYC. Recipient: two Rockefeller Grants for Playwriting; Guggenheim Fellowship for Playwriting; Kennedy Center Commission; New York State Council on the Arts Commission; State University of New York Commission.