Jane Addams Children's Book Award
1 appearances
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Edition 30 (1983) Honor
Sidney Samuel Lenz
シドニー サミュエル レンズ
Shidoni Samyueru Renzu
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1873-07-12 （a suburb of Chicago）
- Died
- 1960 age 87
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- suburb of Chicago → New York → Chicago
Career
- Occupations
- contract bridge player, writer, businessman, amateur magician
- Active Years
- 1910-1960
- Affiliations
- American Contract Bridge League
- Memberships
- Society of American Magicians (honorary member)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | ACBL Hall of Fame | — | — | American Contract Bridge League | inducted |
| 1910 | American Whist League's principal national team championship | — | — | American Whist League | winner |
ACBL Hall of Fame
1965
Organization:
American Contract Bridge League
Result:
inducted
American Whist League's principal national team championship
1910
Organization:
American Whist League
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Lenz on Bridge
1926 bridge manualConsidered a classic bridge manual and a work of literary merit.
Bibliography
- Lenz on Bridge (1926)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- literary merit in bridge writing
Legacy
Inducted into ACBL Hall of Fame (1965). Famous for the Bridge Battle of the Century. Won over 600 whist and bridge competitions.
In Popular Culture
- Bridge Battle of the Century was front-page news worldwide.
Trivia
- Credited with coining the term 'squeeze play' in bridge.
- Namesake of the 'Lenz echo'.
- Learned auction bridge from British Army officers in India.