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Edward Albee

American playwright (1928-2016) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 88

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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2016Died16 September 20162015America Award in LiteratureAward2008Drama Desk Special AwardAward2002Drama Desk Award for Outstanding PlayAwardTony Award for Best PlayAward1996Honorary Doctor of the University of MiamiAwardKennedy Center HonorsAward1995St. Louis Literary AwardAward1994Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1975Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1967Pulitzer Prize for DramaAward1963Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling RecordingAwardTony Award for Best PlayAward1928Born12 March 1928

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America Award in Literature2015
Drama Desk Special Award2008
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play2002
Tony Award for Best Play2002
Kennedy Center Honors1996
Honorary Doctor of the University of Miami1996
St. Louis Literary Award1995
Pulitzer Prize for Drama1994
Pulitzer Prize for Drama1975
Pulitzer Prize for Drama1967
Tony Award for Best Play1963
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording1963
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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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.

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1928 to 2016 · aged 88

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