Gilbert W. (Gilbert Wolf) Gabriel

Born in Brooklyn in 1890, Gilbert W. Gabriel studied at Peekskill Military Academy and Polytechnic Preparatory School, then graduated from Williams College in 1912. He began his professional life as a reporter for the Evening Sun and went on to work as a literary editor, music critic, and drama critic.

Gabriel became best known as a drama critic and man of letters in New York. Archival and reference sources describe him as a novelist, playwright, and critic whose writing appeared in newspapers and magazines including the New York Evening Sun, The New York American, Vanity Fair, and The New Yorker. His papers show a career that ranged across criticism, fiction, and dramatic writing.

He also published children’s books, sometimes under the pen name Gilly Bear, alongside his work for adult readers. Later film credits connected him with screenwriting as well, and he died in 1952, leaving behind a varied literary career that linked journalism, theater, and popular fiction.