Flavin, Martin (1883-1967), an American novelist and playwright, won the 1944 Pulitzer Prize for fiction for his novel Journey in the Dark (1943). The novel explores 60 years of changes in American life from the 1880’s to the 1940’s through the career of a successful businessman from a small Iowa town.
Martin Archer Flavin was born in San Francisco. He achieved his first literary success as a playwright, beginning with Children of the Moon (1923). Perhaps his most notable drama is The Criminal Code (1929), a powerful indictment of the American criminal justice system. Flavin’s other plays include Broken Dishes (1929) and Amaco (1933). His novels include Mr. Littlejohn (1940), Corporal Cat (1941), The Enchanted (1947), and Cameron Hill (1957). Flavin also wrote a travel book, Black and White: From the Cafe to the Congo (1950).
