Paul Eldridge

Paul Eldridge (May 5, 1888 – July 26, 1982[1]) was an American poet, novelist, short story writer and teacher. The son of Leon and Jeanette Eldridge (née Lafleur), he was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on May 5, 1888.[2] He later married a fellow writer, Sylvette de Lamar (author of a 1932 novel Jews and the Cross). He received his B.S. from Temple University in 1909, his M.A. from the University of Pennsylvania in 1911, and a doctorate from the University of Paris in 1913. He was a teacher of romance languages at the high school level in New York until his retirement in 1945.[3] He was a lecturer on American Literature at the Sorbonne in 1913 and at the University of Florence in 1923.[2] He later was an instructor of English literature at Saint John's College in Philadelphia, from 1910-1912, and was a member of the Authors' and Dramatists' League of the Authors' Guild of America.[2]

He is best known for collaborating with the American decadent novelist and poet George Sylvester Viereck on a trilogy of exotic fantasy novels from 1928 to 1932, My First Two Thousand Years: the Autobiography of the Wandering Jew, Salome: the Wandering Jewess and the Invincible Adam. A highly prolific author, many of his later books were published by E. Haldeman-Julius in his "Big Blue Books" series. He died at the age of 94 in a New York City nursing home on July 26, 1982.[3]

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  1. ↑ His New York Times obituary, published July 29, 1982, states that he "died Monday" as July 29th was a Thursday his death occurred on Monday, July 26, 1982.
  2. 1 2 3 Manning, Robert Douglas. The Jew: Screenplay, Biographical Note on Eldridge.
  3. 1 2 New York Times Obituary, July 29, 1982
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