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Edward Albee

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American playwright (1928-2016)

United StatesWritersLived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88
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Edward Franklin Albee III was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994).

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Awards 19

2015America Award in Literature
2008Drama Desk Special Award
2002Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
2002Tony Award for Best Play
1996Kennedy Center Honors
1996honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1995St. Louis Literary Award
1994Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1975Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1967Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1963Tony Award for Best Play
1963Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
National Medal of Arts
Nestroy Theatre Prize
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Hull-Warriner Award
PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
Evelyn F. Burkey Award
star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

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Edward Franklin Albee III was an American playwright known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), A Delicate Balance (1966), and Three Tall Women (1994). Some critics have argued that some of his work constitutes an American variant of what Martin Esslin identified as and named the Theater of the Absurd. Three of his plays won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and two of his other works won the Tony Award for Best Play.

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United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88
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32 languages

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