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Harry Behn (1898-1973) was born in Yavapai County, Arizona. He was the son of Henry K. Behn, a miner, and Maren (Christensen) Behn.

American screenwriter, painter, photographer, writer, and translator of prose and poetry, especially for children.

Although he began his education at Stanford University in 1918, he graduated with a Bachelor of Science degree in 1922 from Harvard University. Behn married Alice Lawrence and had three children: Pamela, Prescott, and Peter. Behn worked in a number of different professions over his lifetime.

He was a scenario writer for motion picture studios from 1925-1935; a teacher of creative writing at the University of Arizona in Tucson from 1938-1947; he founded the university radio bureau in 1938 and managed in until 1947; he founded the University of Arizona Press in 1960; and also founded the Phoenix Little Theater in 1922, managing it until 1923.

In addition, Behn was the vice-president of the Tucson Regional Plan from 1940-1947.

Behn created twenty-one books for children, including several volumes of poetry, translated two, and wr