Arnold Olaf Sundgaard was an American playwright, librettist, and lyricist.
13 Facts About Arnold Sundgaard
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Arnold Sundgaard was a writer of short stories and children's books as well as a college professor specializing in drama and theatrics.
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Arnold Sundgaard was born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, and was of Norwegian descent.
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Arnold Sundgaard attended Johnson Senior High School in Saint Paul, where he played football with Warren E Burger.
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Arnold Sundgaard then attended the University of Wisconsin, graduating with a bachelor's degree in English in 1935; he studied at the Yale Drama School.
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Arnold Sundgaard taught drama at a number of schools, including Columbia University, Bennington College, and the University of Texas.
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Arnold Sundgaard worked with the Federal Theatre Project early in his career.
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Arnold Sundgaard's first play for Broadway was a collaboration with Marc Connelly; titled Everywhere I Roam, it lasted 13 performances in 1938 and 1939.
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Arnold Sundgaard wrote the libretti for close to a dozen operas and musicals by composers such as Alec Wilder, Douglas Moore, and Kurt Weill.
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Arnold Sundgaard was a lyricist, writing words to several songs by Wilder.
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Besides theatrical work, Arnold Sundgaard wrote nonfiction for The New Yorker and Atlantic Monthly, among other publications.
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Arnold Sundgaard counted among his friends Studs Terkel and Gregory Peck.
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Arnold Sundgaard died at his home in Dallas, Texas, and was survived by a son and two daughters; another son predeceased him, in 1985.