14 Facts About Martin Flavin

Martin Archer Flavin was an American playwright and novelist.

Martin Flavin was one of the few writers to receive a Pulitzer for a play and a novel.

Martin Flavin had two other plays on Broadway: Broken Dishes and Cross Roads.

Martin Flavin grew up in Chicago and was a Sigma Chi at the University of Chicago, which he attended from 1903 to 1905.

Martin Flavin was an army cavalryman during World War I, and he enjoyed riding horses for most of his life.

Martin Flavin was married three times: to Daphne Virginia Springer in 1914, Sarah Keese Arnold in 1919, and Cornelia Clampett in 1949.

Martin Flavin left college to work as a reporter on a Chicago newspaper.

Martin Flavin then took over the family's business called the American Wallpaper Company.

Martin Flavin then won a Harper Prize for his play The Criminal Code.

Martin Flavin wrote the novel Journey in the Dark, which received both the Harper Prize in 1943 and a Pulitzer Prize in 1944.

Martin Flavin was the oldest writer to win the $10,000 Harper prize.

Martin Flavin moved to Carmel Highlands during the Great Depression to build a home on Yankee Point south of Point Lobos.

Martin Flavin owned a 1,300 acres ranch in the Cachagua area in upper Carmel Valley, California.

Martin Flavin died at the Carmel Community Hospital on December 27,1967 in Carmel-by-the-Sea at age 84.