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Born	July 13, 1933 • Wakefield • England
Died	March 26, 2017 (aged 83) • London • England
Awards And Honors	Booker Prize (1976)
Notable Works	“A Serious Man” • “As It Happened” • “The Contractor” • “Early Days” • “Flight into Camden” • “Home” • “In Celebration” • “Life Class” • “Mother’s Day” • “Pasmore” • “Present Times” • “A Prodigal Child” • “Radcliffe” • “The Restoration of Arnold Middleton” • “Saville” • “Sisters” • “The Changing Room” • “The March on Russia” • “Thin-Ice Skater” • “This Sporting Life”

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Noël Coward

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Ben Elton

Ben Elton

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Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl

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Tom Stoppard

Tom Stoppard

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Peter Ustinov

Peter Ustinov

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P.G. Wodehouse, 1945.

P.G. Wodehouse

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Michael Frayn

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R.C. Sherriff

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Simon Raven

English writer

Emlyn Williams

Welsh actor

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

American writer

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

American playwright

Schulberg, Budd

Budd Schulberg

American screenwriter, novelist, and journalist

Agatha Christie

Agatha Christie

British author

Marguerite Duras

French author

Ben Hecht

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William Saroyan.

William Saroyan

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Harold Pinter

British dramatist

John Osborne

John Osborne

British playwright and screenwriter

Nick Hornby

Nick Hornby

British writer