Legendary Radio Dramatist Norman Corwin Has Died

Legendary radio dramatist Norman Corwin died Oct. 18 at his home in Los Angeles, California at the age of 101.  Mr. Corwin who wrote, directed and produced scores of award-winning radio dramas for CBS throughout the 1930s and 1940s was known as the “poet laureate of radio.”


Corwin's honors included two Peabody Awards and an induction into the Radio Hall of Fame in 1993. His work has received praise from such artists as Hollywood director Robert Altman and science fiction writer Ray Bradbury, who once called him “the greatest director, the greatest writer and the greatest producer in the history of radio.” He wrote more than a dozen books and plays and received an Academy Award nomination for his screenplay  “Lust for Life” (1956), which starred Kirk Douglas as the tortured artist Vincent Van Gogh.


In recent years Norman Corwin worked with California Artists Radio Theatre along side fellow radio dramatist and radio legend Peggy Webber. He was also part of Hollywood Theater of the Ear's board of directors along with noted award winning radio dramatist Yuri Rasovsky.


Norman Corwin was not only a legend in the field of radio drama he was an icon. His presence, spirit and vision will be missed.