Ronald Ribman

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1932|5|28}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|5|28}}

| birth_place = [[New York City]], United States

| birth_place = [[New York City]], U.S.

| death_date = {{Death date |2025|5|15}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2025|5|15|1932|5|28}}

| death_place = [[Dallas]], United States

| death_place = [[Dallas, Texas]], U.S.

| occupation = [[poet]], [[playwright]], [[author]]

| occupation = [[poet]], [[playwright]], [[author]]

| period = 20th and 21st centuries

| period = 20th and 21st centuries

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'''Ronald Burt Ribman''' (born May 28, 1932) was an American [[author]], [[poet]] and [[playwright]].<ref name = "OTRS">Much of the information in this article comes from a submission by the subject himself and is archived on the OTRS system as ticket [https://secure.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=1779542 2008073010036244]</ref>

'''Ronald Burt Ribman''' (May 28, 1932 – May 15, 2025) was an American [[author]], [[poet]] and [[playwright]].<ref name = "OTRS">Much of the information in this article comes from a submission by the subject himself and is archived on the OTRS system as ticket [https://secure.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&TicketID=1779542 2008073010036244]</ref>

"As poet-playwright, Ronald Ribman has, throughout thirty years of writing, confronted the questions of what is man's and what is God's role, if any, in man's behavior. Suffusing his work are anger and satire, more often sorrow and haunting mystery, but always the mocking spirit of the grotesque behind the action, be it commonplace or exalted. Ribman's plays consistently reveal man's universe as abandoned by God but inextricably webbed into His rules, rules only hinted at as boundless in range and consequence. A corrosive absurdity at the heart of tragedy.

"As poet-playwright, Ronald Ribman has, throughout thirty years of writing, confronted the questions of what is man's and what is God's role, if any, in man's behavior. Suffusing his work are anger and satire, more often sorrow and haunting mystery, but always the mocking spirit of the grotesque behind the action, be it commonplace or exalted. Ribman's plays consistently reveal man's universe as abandoned by God but inextricably webbed into His rules, rules only hinted at as boundless in range and consequence. A corrosive absurdity at the heart of tragedy.

Ribman was born in [[Sydenham Hospital]] in New York City to Samuel M. Ribman, a [[lawyer]], and Rosa (Lerner) Ribman. He attended public school in [[Brooklyn]], and graduated [[Public school (government funded)|P.S.]] 188 in 1944. Ribman attended [[Mark Twain Intermediate School 239|Mark Twain Jr. High School]], graduating in 1947, and [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)|Abraham Lincoln H.S.]], graduating in 1950. Ribman is a graduate of the [[University of Pittsburgh]], receiving his [[bachelor's degree]] in 1954, his [[master's degree]] in 1958, and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1962. In August 1967, he married Alice Rosen, a [[registered nurse]]. The Ribmans have two children, James and Elana.

Ribman was born in [[Sydenham Hospital]] in New York City to Samuel M. Ribman, a [[lawyer]], and Rosa (Lerner) Ribman. He attended public school in [[Brooklyn]], and graduated [[Public school (government funded)|P.S.]] 188 in 1944. Ribman attended [[Mark Twain Intermediate School 239|Mark Twain Jr. High School]], graduating in 1947, and [[Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn)|Abraham Lincoln H.S.]], graduating in 1950. Ribman is a graduate of the [[University of Pittsburgh]], receiving his [[bachelor's degree]] in 1954, his [[master's degree]] in 1958, and his [[Doctor of Philosophy|Ph.D.]] in 1962. In August 1967, he married Alice Rosen, a [[registered nurse]]. The Ribmans have two children, James and Elana.

Ribman served in the [[United States Army]] from 1954 to 1956. Following his military service, Ribman worked as a [[coal]] [[Commodity broker|broker]] for the J.E. Ribman Coal Co of [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], from 1956 to 1957. Ribman was an [[assistant professor]] of [[English studies|English Literature]] at [[Otterbein College]] from 1962 to 1963, and left academia to focus on his plays in 1964.

Ribman served in the [[United States Army]] from 1954 to 1956. Following his military service, Ribman worked as a [[coal]] [[Commodity broker|broker]] for the J.E. Ribman Coal Co of [[Johnstown, Pennsylvania]], from 1956 to 1957. Ribman was an [[assistant professor]] of [[English studies|English Literature]] at [[Otterbein College]] from 1962 to 1963, and left academia to focus on his plays in 1964. He died at the age of 92 on May 15, 2025, at a hospital in Dallas, Texas.<ref>{{cite web|title=Ronald Ribman, 92, Dies; His Plays Mined the Absurdity of Existence|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2025/07/04/theater/ronald-ribman-dead.html|date=July 4, 2025|last=Rosenwald|first=Michael S.|publisher=The New York Times|access-date=July 4, 2025}}</ref>

==Literature==

==Literature==

[[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]

[[Category:Writers from Brooklyn]]

[[Category:1932 births]]

[[Category:1932 births]]

[[Category:Living people]]

[[Category:2025 deaths]]

[[Category:American male dramatists and playwrights]]

[[Category:American male dramatists and playwrights]]

[[Category:Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni]]

[[Category:Abraham Lincoln High School (Brooklyn) alumni]]