릴리언 헬먼

소개

릴리언 플로렌스 헬먼(Lillian Florence Hellman, 1905년 6월 20일 ~ 1984년 6월 30일)은 미국의 극작가이며 좌익 활동으로 유명하다. 미국의 미스터리 및 범죄소설 작가인 더쉴 해미트와 30여 년간 연인으로 지냈으며(그녀는 헤미트의 작품에 등장하는 노라 찰스 Nora Charles라는 캐릭터에 영감을 주었다), 작가인 도로시 파커(Dorothy Parker)와는 오랜 친구 사이였다.

Lillian Florence Hellman was an American playwright, prose writer, memoirist, and screenwriter known for her success on Broadway as well as her communist views and political activism. She was blacklisted after her appearance before the House Committee on Un-American Activities (HUAC) at the height of the anti-communist campaigns of 1947–1952. Although she continued to work on Broadway in the 1950s, her blacklisting by the U.S. film industry caused a drop in her income. Many praised Hellman for refusing to answer HUAC's questions, but others believed, despite her denial, that she had belonged to the Communist Party.