Manuel Komroff (September 7, 1890 – 10 December 1974) was an American playwright, screenwriter, novelist, editor and translator. He was born in New York where he began his working life as a journalist. He also spent some time in Russia during theRussian Revolution.
One of his most successful publications was his edited version ofThe Travels of Marco Polo, first published in 1926.[1] He not only added a chapter which was missing in theWilliam Marsden translation, but also revised parts of theHenry Yule editions.[2]
There is a large 48x31" portrait of a 24-year-old, foppish Komroff, dated 1914, by Leon Kroll in thePortland Museum of Art ( Maine). Komroff is standing indoors, 3/4 view (to the knees), dressed to go outside. He is holding a large portfolio of papers in his right hand.
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