How did Anne’s diary become so famous?

On 25 June 1947, Anne Frank's Het Achterhuis( The Secret Annex) was published in Dutch in a small edition of,036 clones. It was a modest first step – style did it come one of the most restated books in the world? What were the crucial moments in this development? 

 

 Callers to the Anne Frank House read from Anne's journal. scrap from the talkie In line for the Anne Frank( 2014). 

Publication of the journal in Germany and France( 1950) 

After the success of the Dutch edition, Otto Frank set up publishers in West Germany( the Federal Republic of Germany) and in France willing to publish Het Achterhuis. Both restatements were published in 1950. A first edition of,600 clones was published in Germany, but the book wasn't a bestseller. still, when Das Tagebuch der Anne Frank was published as a cheap fund in 1955, it came a megahit. And when the play( see below) was also a success in the Federal Republic of Germany, a aggregate of,000 clones were published. The success of the play led to the publication of an edition in the GDR( East Germany) in 1957. 

The French edition was published in 1950,

Like the German bone, and the reviews were positive. The French edition was picked up by American author Meyer Levin. He was to play an important part in the success of the book in the United States. 

 

 ‘ I formerly asked my publisher why he allowed

 the journal was read by so numerous people. He felt that the journal covered so numerous areas of life that every anthology set up commodity in it that affected him tête-à-tête. ’ 

Otto Frank, ‘ Memories of Anne ’, 1968. 

 

 Success in the US after review in The New York Times( 1952) 

In 1950, after reading the French edition, Meyer Levin first wrote about Het Achterhuis in an composition on' the station of American publishers towards books of Jewish content' for Congress Weekly magazine. He called Anne Frank a' largely blessed pen ’ and her journal' a work about the unfolding of the nature of a youthful girl absolutely pure in candor and at the same time in delicacy. ’ 

 

 Otto had a hard time chancing a publisher in the United States. After the handwriting had been turned down by 10 publishers, Doubleday publishers decided to acquire the rights. The publication of Anne's journal in America in 1952 had a conservative launch. Five times after the book was first published in the Netherlands, Anne Frank The Diary of a youthful Girl was launched in a modest edition of,000 clones. 

Doubleday didn't hold high prospects and hardly spent any plutocrat on fresh advertising. Deals didn't go well. But after an enthusiastic review by Meyer Levin in The New York Times Book Review( 15 June 1952), deals began to pick up. A alternate print run of,000 clones was issued, followed within days by a third of,000 clones. ahead long, print run after print run vended out in rapid-fire race and millions of Americans read the book. 

 

 The Diary of Anne Frank, the play( 1955) 

Meyer Levin turned into a hot advocate of the book and claimed on the product of a play and a film grounded on the journal. He indeed wrote a script, but that was rejected by Otto Frank. This caused a lot of bitterness between them and they ultimately ended up in court. important has been written about this case and the part that Meyer Levin played in the American publication, not only by Meyer Levin himself, in The preoccupation,( 1973) but also by latterly experimenters. 

 

 Otto Frank eventually decided to work with playwrights Frances Goodrich and Albert Hackett. They wrote the script in little under two times. The Diary of Anne Frank opened at the Cort Theatre in New York on 5 October 1955. Before the opening performance, Otto Frank wished the cast every success; he himself couldn't and didn't want to see the play. The idea of seeing his family on stage was too important for him. 

The final Broadway performance took place on 22 June 1957. After 717 performances, the play started on a stint of other US metropolises. The Diary of Anne Frank won important prizes, including the Pulitzer Prize for theatre, a Tony Award, and the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Stylish Play. 

 

 Performances each over the world 

The play was offered in numerous other countries as well, including the Netherlands. Its opening night on 27 November 1956 was attended by Queen Juliana and Prince Bernhard. In Germany, the play made a deep print, and further than 2 million people came to see it. latterly, there was frequently a twinkles-long silence. In Germany – and in numerous other countries – the journal came more known because of the play. 

 

 The Diary of Anne Frank, the film( 1959) 

 Using the play as a starting point, Goodrich and Hackett wrote the script for the film The Diary of Anne Frank. George Stevens directed the film. It premiered in New York on 18 March 1959. 

 

 According to the available data, the film wasn't a blockbuster the budget is estimated at 3 million bones, the gross yield at 5 million bones

 . still, the film won several prizes and 3 Oscars for 

 Stylish Actress in a Supporting part( Shelley Winters) 

 Stylish Art Direction- Set Decoration( Black- and- White). 

 Just like the play, the film – despite its kindly

 disappointing performance at the box office – surely contributed to the character of Het Achterhuis. 

 

 In 1960, Shelley Winters receives an Oscar for her part as Auguste van Pels in the film The Diary of Anne Frank. In 1975, she donates the figurine to the Anne Frank House. 

Literature 

 further about Meyer Levin 

 Graver, Lawrence, An preoccupation with Anne Frank Meyer Levin and The Diary( Berkeley, CA University of California Press, 1995). 

 

 Levin, Meyer, The preoccupation( New York, NY Simon and Schuster, 1973) 

Melnick, Ralph, The Stolen Legacy of Anne Frank Meyer Levin, Lillian Hellman, and the Staging of the Diary.( New Haven, CT & London Yale University Press, 1997). 

 

 IMDB- runner about' The Diary of Anne Frank'( 12 October 2018)