Irving Fineman

Irving Fineman (aka Jonathan Joseph) was born in New York City on April 9, 1893, the son of a businessman. He graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in 1917 and did advanced work at Harvard University. For a few years he was an engineering instructor at the University of Illinois-Urbana, but left in 1928 to become a freelance writer. He has written novels, plays, short stories, poems, and has contributed to literary and critical publications. His 1932 novel "Lovers Must Learn" was filmed in 1962 as Rome Adventure (1962).