Biographical Note:
Paul Green was born in Lillington, North Carolina, on March 17, 1894. In 1921 he received his B.A. from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the following year married Elizabeth Atkinson Lay. Green's most famous work, for which he received the 1927 Pulitzer Prize, was a drama titled In Abraham's Bosom. Another notable work of Green's was the production of a symphonic drama titled The Lost Colony, which has run for more than fifty years. Paul Green passed away in Chapel Hill on May 4, 1981.

Contributor Bio:Green, Paul
Paul Green (1894-1981), winner of the 1927 Pulitzer Prize for Drama, pioneered a new form of theater with his "symphonic drama," The Lost Colony. A native of Harnett County, North Carolina, he taught philosophy and drama at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.