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Shimon Wincelberg
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Shimon Wincelberg (26 September 1924 – 29 September 2004) was a television writer and Broadway playwright. He wrote the 1959 Broadway play Kataki starring Sessue Hayakawa and Ben Piazza.
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Early life
Wincelberg was born to parents from Poland in Kiel, Germany.[1][2] His family fled Nazi Germany, arriving in the United States in 1938.[2]
Career
Wincelberg began his career as a writer in 1953 when he sold his first short story. He continued to write stories for a variety of publications including Harper's Bazaar, The New Yorker, and Punch. He wrote many plays, including the Broadway play Kataki, which was based on his own experience in Army intelligence during World War II.[3][4] He wrote another play in 1962 called Windows of Heaven which premiered at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theater.[5] He also wrote books, some with his wife Anita, who was also a writer. He also wrote many television shows during the 1960s and 1970s, often using pseudonyms such as "Simon Wincelberg", "Simon Winvelberg", "S. Bar-David", and "Shimon Bar-David", meaning "Shimon son of David" in Hebrew. He invented the Vulcan Mindmeld in the script for "Dagger of the Mind", which aired during the first season of Star Trek.[6]
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Jewish identity
Wincelberg was a mentor for Orthodox Jews working in Hollywood. His scripts often included Jewish themes, and depicted Jewish rituals and Jewish religious law with accuracy.
Filmography
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He wrote or co-wrote over 100 scripts for episodes[4] of the following television series:
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Death
Wincelberg died on 19 September 2004 of an undisclosed illness in a nursing home in Los Angeles at the age of 80.[4]
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