Herman Mankiewicz

Herman Mankiewicz (born November 7, 1897, New York, New York, U.S.—died March 5, 1953, Los Angeles, California) was an American screenwriter, journalist, playwright, and wit, notable as a member of the Algonquin Round Table and as the coauthor of the screenplay for Citizen Kane (1941). Mankiewicz was the son of German immigrants. He grew up in Pennsylvania, where his father edited a German-language newspaper, and moved with his family to New York City in 1913....