Komroff, Manuel

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KOMROFF, MANUEL

KOMROFF, MANUEL (1890–1974), U.S. journalist, editor, and author. He enjoyed a varied career in the arts and journalism, writing musical scores for motion pictures and working for the China Press in Shanghai. Among his works are a volume of short stories, A Grace of Lambs (1925), a volume entitled Oriental Romances (1930), and the novel Coronet (1929). He also published his autobiographical reminiscences, Big City, Little Boy (1953).

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