Isaac Goldberg

He wrote biographies of H. Mencken, Havelock Ellis, W. Gilbert, Arthur Sullivan, and George Gershwin, books on theatrical and musical appreciation, books of Spanish-American Literature and contributed articles for many magazines. He also founded, published, and edited a monthly news magazine called Panorama. He was fluent in Yiddish, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Portuguese and translated a variety of literary works into English. He received a fellowship from the Guggenheim Foundation in 1932 to write a history of Spanish and Portuguese literature in the United States.

• Studies in Spanish-American literature, New York, Brentano's 1920 • The drama of transition; native and exotic playcraft, Cincinnati: Stewart Kidd company c1922 • Brazilian literature. New York, A. A. Knopf 1922 Reprinted Gordon Press 1975 • The theatre of George Jean Nathan: chapters and documents toward a history of the new American drama New York: Simon and Schuster 1926 • The story of Gilbert and Sullivan New York, Simon and Schuster, 1928 • The wonder of words; an introduction to language for everyman, New York, London, D. Appleton-Century Company, incorporated 1938 • George Gershwin: a study in American music New York: Simon and Schuster 1931, Reprinted F. Ungar Pub. Co. 1958 • Major Noah: American-Jewish pioneer, Philadelphia, New York: Knopf 1937, (about Noah, M. M. (Mordecai Manuel), 1785-1851 • (with Isidore Witmark). The Story of the House of Witmark: From Ragtime to Swingtime. New York: L. Furman, 1939. Print.