Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

male, deceased (1953)
Nobel laureate in Literature, Parkinson's disease, society, Tony Award winner, Noh, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner…nobel prize in literature, A Wife For Life (1913), 1928 for Strange Interlude, 1922 for Anna Christie
Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was a Nobel-prize winning American playwright. More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced American drama to the...
Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

male, deceased (2005)
Playwright, American, writer, Jewish American, from New York City, pulitzer prize…Tony Award winner, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner, Prince of Asturias Award winner
Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist. He was a prominent figure in American literature and cinema for over 61 years, writing...
John Patrick

John Patrick

male, deceased (1995)
From Louisville, Kentucky, Broadway theatre, Broadway, burma, American, montgomery…PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner
John Patrick was an American playwright and screenwriter. Born John Patrick Goggan in Louisville, Kentucky, his parents soon abandoned him and he...
John Patrick Shanley

John Patrick Shanley

male, 59 years old
New York University, Tony Award winner, Writers Guild of America, from the Bronx, Drama Desk Award, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner…Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Academy Award for Writing Original Screenplay, Best Original Screenplay Academy Award winner
John Patrick Shanley (born in 1950) is a playwright from the Bronx. He was educated by the Irish Christian Brothers and the Sisters of Charity. He...
Sam Shepard

Sam Shepard

male, 66 years old
Illinois actor, American West, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner, Frances, The American Academy of Arts and Letters, Samuel Shepard Rogers…pulitzer prize
Sam Shepard (born November 5, 1943) is an award-winning American playwright, writer and actor. His many written works are known for being frank and...
Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

male, deceased (1983)
from New Orleans, From st. louis, missouri, University of Missouri–Columbia alumni, Frank Merlo, Tony Award, cat on a hot tin roof…PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 - February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright...
Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner

male, 53 years old (NYC, New York, United States)
Jewish person, LGBT writer, from the United States, LGBT, Juilliard School faculty, Mother Courage and Her Child…PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Tony Award winner, pulitzer prize, recipient of a Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Mr. Kushner is a leading playwright and a major voice in American Theatre who has won a Pulitzer Prize for drama, two Tony Awards for Best Play and...
August Wilson

August Wilson

male, deceased (2005)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Liver cancer death, American, writer, Playwright, pulitzer prize…Tony Award winner, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner
August Wilson was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. Wilson's singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of wh...
Richard Rodgers

Richard Rodgers

male, deceased (1979)
Jewish, musician, Songwriter, Grammy Award winner, Jewish American, Playwright…PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner
Richard Charles Rodgers (June 28 1902 - December 30 1979) was one of the great composers of musical theater, best known for his song writing...
George S. Kaufman

George S. Kaufman

male, deceased (1961)
Someone in the House, PulitzerPrizeforDramawinner, Dinner at Eight, H.M.S. Pinafore, Beggar on Horseback, Once in a Lifetime…drama critic, pulitzer prize
George Kaufman (November 16, 1889 - June 2, 1961) was an American playwright, theatre director and producer, humorist, and drama critic. Born to a...