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Born May 15, 1936 • New York City • New York
Died March 27, 2003 (aged 66) • New York City • New York
Awards And Honors Pulitzer Prize (1971)
Notable Works “The Effect of Gamma Rays on Man-in-the-Moon Marigolds” • “Up the Sandbox”
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
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Tennessee Williams
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Thornton Wilder
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Charles Fuller
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William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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Wendy Wasserstein
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William Kennedy
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Tracy Letts
Tracy Letts
American actor and playwright
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Joshua Logan
American director and producer
Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller
American playwright
David Mamet
David Mamet
American author
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Suzan-Lori Parks
American playwright
Neil Simon
Neil Simon
American dramatist
Susan Glaspell
American dramatist and novelist
Tony Kushner
Tony Kushner
American dramatist
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Zona Gale.
Zona Gale
American novelist and playwright
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Robert E. Sherwood
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Foote, Horton
Horton Foote
American playwright and screenwriter
Howard, Sidney
Sidney Howard
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