Hatcher Hughes

Playwright

Birthday February 12, 1881

Birth Sign Aquarius

Birthplace North Carolina

DEATH DATE Oct 19, 1945 (64)

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About

Won the Pulitzer Prize for his play Hell-Bent Fer Heaven in 1924.

Before Fame

He received both his undergraduate degree and master's degree in English from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Trivia

He worked at Columbia University beginning in 1912.

Family Life

He had a daughter with his wife Janet Cool, who he married in 1930.

Associated With

He won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama like Thornton Wilder.