Ronald (Burt) Ribman
Born in New York City, May 28, 1932. Educated at Brooklyn College, New York, 1950-51; University of Pittsburgh, B.B.A. 1954, MLitt. 1958, Ph.D. 1962. Served in the United States Army, 1954-56. Married Alice Rosen in 1967; one son and one daughter. Assistant professor of English, Otterbein College, Westerville, Ohio, 1962-63. Recipient: Obie award, 1966; Rockefeller grant, 1966, 1968, 1975; Guggenheim fellowship, 1970; Straw Hat award, 1973; National Endowment for the Arts grant, 1974, fellowship, 1986-87; Creative Artists Public Service grant, 1976; Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner award, 1977; Playwrights U.S.A. award, 1984; Kennedy Center New American Play grant, 1991.
Stage Works
- Harry, Noon and Night (produced 1965)
- The Journey of the Fifth Horse, based in part on "The Diary of a Superfluous Man" by Turgenev (produced 1966)
- The Final War of Olly Winter (televised 1967)
- The Ceremony of Innocence (produced 1967). 1968.
- Passing Through from Exotic Places (produced 1969). 1970
- The Most Beautiful Fish (televised 1969)
- The Son Who Hunted Tigers in Jakarta (produced 1989)
- Fingernails Blue as Flowers (produced 1971)
- A Break in the Skin (produced 1972).
- The Poison Tree (produced 1973; revised version produced 1975). 1977.
- Cold Storage (produced 1977). 1976.
- Buck (produced 1983). 1983.
- Sweet Table at the Richelieu (produced 1987)
- The Cannibal Masque (produced 1987).
- A Serpent's Egg (produced 1987).
- The Rug Merchants of Chaos (produced 1991)
SCREENPLAY:
- The Angel Levine, with Bill Gunn, 1970.
TELEVISION PLAYS:
- The Final War of Olly Winter, 1967;
- The Most Beautiful Fish, 1969;
- Seize the Day, from the novella by Saul Bellow, 1985;
- The Sunset Gang series (includes Yiddish, The Detective, Home), from the short stories by Warren Adler, 1991.
MANUSCRIPT COLLECTION:
- New York Public Library.
CRITICAL STUDY:
- Harvard Guide to Contemporary American Writing edited by Daniel Hoffman, 1979.