Elinor Fuchs
Elinor Fuchs was an American theater scholar, critic, and playwright.
Biography
Fuchs wrote or edited several germinal books, notably Year One of the Empire: A Play of American Politics, War, and Protest Taken From the Historical Record, The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism, winner of the George Jean Nathan Award in Dramatic Criticism, and Land/Scape/Theater. Her 2005 memoir, Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama With Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter meditated on the difficulties of aging and dementia. Fuchs served on the faculties of Harvard, Columbia, Emory, New York University, and Berlin's Institut für Theatrewissenschaft of the Free University.Fuchs died on May 28, 2024, at the age of 91.
Published works
1973: Year One of the Empire: A Play of American Politics, War, and Protest Taken From the Historical Record1996: The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism
2002: Land/Scape/Theater
2005: ''Making an Exit: A Mother-Daughter Drama With Alzheimer's, Machine Tools, and Laughter''
Recognition
The Death of Character: Reflections on Theater After Modernism, won the George Jean Nathan Award in Dramatic CriticismFuchs served on the faculties of Harvard, Columbia, Emory, New York University, and Berlin's Institut für Theatrewissenschaft of the Free University.