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Herbert Oswald Nicholas Kubly (April 26, 1915 – August 7, 1996)〔Ancestry.com. ''Social Security Death Index'' (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2007.〕 was an American author and playwright. For his first book, ''American in Italy'', he won the 1956 U.S. National Book Award for Nonfiction.〔 ("National Book Awards – 1956" ). National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-03-19.〕 ==Biography== "Nick" Kubly was born and raised on a farm in the Swiss American community of New Glarus, Wisconsin. He received a bachelor's degree from the University of Wisconsin School of Journalism in 1937. His first professional work as a journalist was for the ''Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph''.〔"(In the Alumni World )", ''The Wisconsin Alumnus'', November 1937, p. 84.〕 He later wrote for the ''New York Herald Tribune''.〔"(Trailing the Badgers )", ''The Wisconsin Alumnus'', February 1943, p. 176.〕 His first play, ''Men to the Sea'', was produced on Broadway in 1944.〔(Internet Broadway Database ).〕 Between 1945 and 1947 he served as the music critic for ''Time'' magazine.〔"(Trailing the Badgers )", ''The Wisconsin Alumnus'', June 15, 1945, p. 21.〕〔"Writer Kubly Dies", ''Wisconsin State Journal'', August 9, 1996, p. 1-B.〕 In 1950 Kubly became an associate professor of speech at the University of Illinois,〔"(With the Classes )", ''Wisconsin Alumnus'', December 1949, p. 30.〕 but he left that position to accept a Fulbright grant to Italy, where he spent 18 months in 1950–1951.〔Port of New York, passenger list of the S.S. ''Constitution'', December 24, 1951, list 3.〕〔"(Badger Bookshelf )", ''Wisconsin Alumnus'', April 15, 1956, p. 39.〕 He taught creative writing at San Francisco State College in the 1960s. From 1969 to 1984, he was an English professor and writer-in-residence at the University of Wisconsin–Parkside.〔"(Herbert Kubly Appointed English Professor at Parkside )", ''Wisconsin Alumnus'', February 1968, p. 22–23.〕 He married Emily Lee Hill in 1989.〔Ancestry.com. ''Wisconsin Marriages, 1973-1997'' (on-line ). Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2005.〕 He died in New Glarus at age 81.〔"Herb Kubly, 81; Wrote About Italy", ''The New York Times'', August 13, 1996, p. B6.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Herbert Kubly」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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