Herbert L. Kaufman’s multi-faceted career has included positions as professor of German language and literature at Queens College (New York), visiting professor of American Studies...view moreHerbert L. Kaufman’s multi-faceted career has included positions as professor of German language and literature at Queens College (New York), visiting professor of American Studies at Kiel University (Germany), violinist with the Alabama Symphony, and adjunct professor of music history in Antwerp University’s European Studies Program (Belgium). From 1980 to 1997, he was a violinist with the Flemish Opera in Antwerp and Ghent. In 1994, Kaufman’s play Pals won First Prize in the 25th Anniversary Playwriting Competition of the American Theatre Company in Brussels, and was produced by the ATC that same year. In 1995, Kaufman’s radio play Last Supper received the BBC’s Best Play from Europe award, and was produced and broadcast by BBC World Service Drama. Last Supper has also been published by the BBC in its anthology Radio Plays for the World. More recent works include Pebbles on the Stone, an espionage novel published in 2002 by Xlibris; and Lifelines, a Holocaust drama that was produced in Antwerp, Belgium in October 2002 by the British American Theatrical Society.view less