Lester Cohen: A Chicago Storyteller and Screenwriter’s Vision Lester Cohen, born in the bustling heart of Chicago in 1901 to immigrant parents—Annie Harchovsky and Hyman Cohen—was an American novelist, screenwriter, and a keen observer of human experience. His life unfolded against the backdrop of early 20th-century America, marked by both hardship and burgeoning artistic expression. From his humble beginnings working in sweatshops al…