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Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright (1950-2006) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 55
Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.
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2006Died30 January 20061993Outer Critics Circle AwardAwardWilliam Inge Theatre Festival Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre AwardAward, 19931990Mount Holyoke CollegeAward1989Drama Desk AwardsAwardHull-Warriner AwardAwardNew York Drama Critics' Circle AwardAwardOuter Critics Circle AwardAwardPulitzer Prize for DramaAwardSusan Smith Blackburn PrizeAwardTony Award for Best PlayAward1985Mount Holyoke College Mary Lyon AwardAward1983Guggenheim FellowshipAwardNational Endowment for the Arts FellowshipAward1950Born18 October 1950
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Carmen De Lavallade Taught Wendy
Nicholas Hytner Directed The Object of My Affection (1998)
Damian Young Directed The Object of My Affection (1998)
Paul Bogart Directed The Heidi Chronicles (1995)
Laurence Mark Produced The Object of My Affection (1998)- Gerald Gutierrez Directed Kiss, Kiss, Dahlings (1992)
- Jack Hofsiss Directed The Sorrows of Gin (1979)
- Steven Robman Directed Uncommon Women and Others (1979)
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Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1950 to 2006 · aged 55
