# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/arthur-kopit
# Generated: 2026-08-13T06:59:35.663Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/arthur-kopit"
name: "Arthur Kopit"
slug: "arthur-kopit"
description: "Arthur Lee Kopit was an American playwright. He was a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist for Indians and Wings. He was also nominated for three Tony Awards: Best Play for Indians (1970) and Wings (1979), as well as Best Book of a Musical for Nine (1982). He won the Vernon Rice Award in 1962 for Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for Wings."
tagline: "American playwright (b.1937)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Arthur_Kopit.jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "United States"
  isoCode: "US"
category:
  name: "Writers"
  slug: "writers"
profileType:
  name: "Writer / Author"
  slug: "writer"
birthDate: "1937-05-10"
deathDate: "2021-04-02"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
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  momentum:             0.3125
  historical:           16.228512
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     65
  profileCompleteness:  75
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
platforms:
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    handle:    "nm0465792"
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    title: "Arthur Kopit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arthur Kopit"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arthur Kopit"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
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    title: "Arthur Kopit"
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    title: "Копит, Артур"
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump