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Ben Hecht

American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Born	1893
Died	1964

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A thousand and one afternoons in Chicago

by Ben Hecht
First published in 1922 — 30 editions
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The Front Page

by Ben Hecht and Charles MacArthur
First published in 1928 — 18 editions
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Nonsenseorship: Sundry Observations Concerning Prohibitions, Inhibitions, and Illegalities

by G. G. Putnam, Wallace Irwin, Robert Keable, Heywood Hale Brown, George S. Chappell, Ruth Hale, Ben Hecht, Frank Swinnerton, H. M. Tomlinson, and 4 others First published in 2016 — 17 editions

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Erik Dorn

by Ben Hecht First published in 1921 — 14 editions
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Fantazius Mallare: a mysterous oath

by Ben Hecht
First published in 1922 — 10 editions
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Gaily, gaily.

by Ben Hecht
First published in 1963 — 10 editions
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A child of the century.

by Ben Hecht First published in 1954 — 8 editions

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A Jew in love

by Ben Hecht First published in 1931 — 8 editions
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Thousand and One Afternoons in Chicago

by Ben Hecht First published in 2009 — 7 editions

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The sensualists

by Ben Hecht
First published in 1959 — 6 editions
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A guide for the bedevilled

by Ben Hecht First published in 1944 — 6 editions
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Gargoyles

by Ben Hecht
First published in 1922 — 6 editions
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Letters from Bohemia

by Ben Hecht First published in 1964 — 5 editions
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Perfidy

by Ben Hecht First published in 1961 — 5 editions

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Gargoyles

by Ben Hecht First published in 2011 — 5 editions

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The Best Short Stories of 1915: and the Yearbook of the American Short Story

by Edward J. O'Brien, Maxwell Struthers Burt, Donn Byrne, Will Levington Comfort, W. A. Dwiggins, James Francis Dwyer, Frances Gregg, Ben Hecht, Harris Merton Lyon, and 4 others First published in 1916 — 5 editions
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The kingdom of evil: a continuation of the Journal of Fantazius Mallare

by Ben Hecht First published in 1924 — 5 editions

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Count Bruga

by Ben Hecht First published in 1926 — 4 editions
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The Florentine dagger: a novel for amateur detectives

by Ben Hecht First published in 1923 — 4 editions
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Child of the Century

by Ben Hecht and David Denby First published in 1954 — 4 editions

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American writer, director, and producer (1894–1964)

Born	1893
Died	1964

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OLID: OL40179A
GoodReads: 113541
ISNI: 0000000121229427
IMDb: nm0372942
Library of Congress Names: n81110576
LibriVox: 352
MusicBrainz: 5e96c1af-cac1-49d6-a818-51c30158ea60
Project Gutenberg: 2616
SBN/ICCU (National Library Service of Italy): CFIV017093
VIAF: 19678740
Wikidata: Q267441
Inventaire.io: wd:Q267441

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Ben Hecht
Hecht, Ben, 1893-1964.
Ben 1893-1964 Hecht
Hecht, Ben. Fowler, Gene.
Ben Ben Hecht

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