Edward Albee

Writing

Born: 1928-03-12
Died: 2016-09-16
From: Washington, District of Columbia, USA
Gender: Male
Popularity: 0.2

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 & Nominations19 won · 15 nominated

🏆 Won

America Award in Literature

2015
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Special Award

2008
Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

2005
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

2003
🏆 Won

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

2002
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Tony Award for Best Play

The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

2002
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

2002
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

2002
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

The Play About the Baby

2001
🏆 Won

Kennedy Center Honors

1996
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honorary doctor of the University of Miami

1996
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St. Louis Literary Award

1995
Nominated

Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play

1995
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Three Tall Women

1994
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play

1994
Nominated

Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play

1976
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Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Seascape

1975
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

1975
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

A Delicate Balance

1967
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

1967
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

1965
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Author

Tiny Alice

1965
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

1964
🏆 Won

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

1963
🏆 Won

Tony Award for Best Play

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1963
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

1963
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

1963
🏆 Won

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

🏆 Won

Nestroy Theatre Prize

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National Medal of Arts

🏆 Won

Evelyn F. Burkey Award

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PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award

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Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

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Hull-Warriner Award