more in common than they think. Marans had previously studied Schumann's Dichterliebe in Vienna in 1978. Marans said: "I went there to learn singing because I wanted to be a lyricist. As a lyricist, I wanted to know how the singer felt." Schumann's song cycle is "infused with a 'young man's anger and passion.'" Marans stated, "Since I was 21 at the time and dealing with my own 'young man's rage', that's what I responded to." Awards 1996 Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist Winner of the L.A. Drama Logue Award Adaptations Old Wicked Songs is being developed as a film, with Avi Levy. Jon Marans Jon Marans is an American playwright, librettist, lyricist, and editor. He graduated from Duke University with a degree in mathematics, with a minor in music. He is a recipient of a 2013 Guggenheim Fellowship. Other works by Marans include A Strange and Separate People, Jumping for Joy, Legacy of the Dragonslayers, Opportunity Knocks, the musical Irrationals (music by Edward Thomas), The New Carol Burnett Show and The Temperamentals (2009). The Temperamentals is in film development with Daryl Roth Productions. References External links Marans, Jon. Old Wicked Songs. New York: Fireside Theatre, 1996. 1996 plays American plays Vienna in fiction Jews and Judaism in fiction