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Biography
Edward Franklin Albee III (March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) 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. From Wikipedia.
Awards & recognition
- America Award in Literature · 2015
- Drama Desk Special Award · 2008
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 2002
- Tony Award — Best Play · 2002
- honorary doctor of the University of Miami · 1996
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- Kennedy Center Honors · 1996
- St. Louis Literary Award · 1995
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 1994
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 1975
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 1967
- Grammy Award — Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording · 1963
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1963
- Evelyn F. Burkey Award
- Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
- Hull-Warriner Award
- National Medal of Arts
- Nestroy Theatre Prize
- PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation — Theater Award
- star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 2005 · nominated
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 2003 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 2002 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 2002 · nominated
- Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 2001 · nominated
- Laurence Olivier Award — Best New Play · 1995 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Play · 1994 · nominated
- Drama Desk Award — Outstanding Director of a Play · 1976 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1975 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1967 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1965 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Author · 1965 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1964 · nominated
- Grammy Award — Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording · 1963 · nominated
- Tony Award — Best Play · 1963 · nominated
