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Trumbo

American  
[truhm-boh] / ˈtrʌm boʊ /

noun

  1. Dalton, 1905–76, U.S. novelist and screenwriter.


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Marcel Proust wrote in bed; Dalton Trumbo in a bath; Agatha Christie only needed “a steady table and a typewriter.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 27, 2026

When asked about his time during the Red Scare, Trumbo recounted that regardless of what we endure, we still have to have a happy life.

From Salon • Jan. 8, 2025

"Previous observations from the Hubble Space Telescope show evidence for ocean-derived salt in Tara Regio," explained Trumbo.

From Science Daily • Sep. 22, 2023

Her last major role was in “Johnny Got His Gun,” a 1971 antiwar film based on a book by Trumbo, the once-ostracized screenwriter.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 11, 2022

Lucy Trumbo Martin screamed at the sound of the first shot, though until that moment she had not known her husband was on the train.

From Blue Ridge Country by Caldwell, Erskine