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American playwright and librettist

United StatesWritersBorn 1950 · age 75
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Richard John Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the book for the 2000 Broadway musical James Joyce's The Dead, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as the book for the 1988 Broadway production of Chess.

Awards 3

2000Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical
Guggenheim Fellowship
star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

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Richard John Nelson is an American playwright and librettist. He wrote the book for the 2000 Broadway musical James Joyce's The Dead, for which he won the Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical, as well as the book for the 1988 Broadway production of Chess. He is also the writer of the critically acclaimed play cycle The Rhinebeck Panorama.

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United States
Category
Writers
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Writer / Author
Status
living
Dates
Born 1950 · age 75
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7 languages

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