The 5th
Writers Guild of America Awards honored the best
film writer
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays on which mass media, such as films, television programs and video games, are based.
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s of 1952. Winners were announced in 1953.
Winners & Nominees
Film
Winners are listed first highlighted in boldface.
Special Awards
Laurel Award for Screen Writing Achievement
Sonya Levien
Sonya Levien (born Sara Opesken; 25 December 1888 – 19 March 1960) was a Russian-born American screenwriter. She became one of the highest earning female screenwriters in Hollywood in the 1930s and would help a number of directors and film ...
References
External links
WGA.org
{{WGA Awards Chron
1952
Events January–February
* January 26 – Black Saturday in Egypt: Rioters burn Cairo's central business district, targeting British and upper-class Egyptian businesses.
* February 6
** Princess Elizabeth, Duchess of Edinburgh, becomes m ...
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1952 in American cinema