Edward Albee
American playwright (1928–2016)
Edward Franklin Albee III (/ˈɔːlbiː/ AWL-bee; March 12, 1928 – September 16, 2016) was an American playwright. He was known for works such as The Zoo Story (1958), The Sandbox (1959), Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), and a rewrite of the book for the unsuccessful musical Breakfast at Tiffany's (1966), an adaptation of Truman Capote's 1958 novella of the same name.[1]
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![]() Edward Albee in the 1980s | |
Born | Washington, D.C., U.S. | March 12, 1928
Died | September 16, 2016 Montauck, New York, U.S. | (aged 88)
Occupation | Dramatist |
Nationality | American |
Period | 1958–2016 |
Notable works | Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The Zoo Story The American Dream The Goat, or Who is Sylvia? |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1967, 1975, and 1994) Tony Award (1963 and 2002) National Medal of Arts (1996) Special Tony Award (2005) |
Albee was openly gay and stated that he first knew he was gay at age 12 and a half.[2]
Albee died on September 16, 2016 at his home in Montauck, New York from complications of diabetes, aged 88.[3]
ReferencesEdit
- ↑ "Biography and Video Interview of Edward Albee at Academy of Achievement". Achievement.org. Retrieved 2012-05-21.
- ↑ Shulman, Randy (March 10, 2011). "Who's Afraid of Edward Albee?". Metro Weekly. Archived from the original on April 12, 2014.
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: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ↑ Howard, Adam (September 16, 2016). "Pulitzer Prize-Winning Playwright Edward Albee Dead at 88". NBC News. Retrieved September 17, 2016.
Other websitesEdit
Media related to Edward Albee at Wikimedia Commons
- Edward F. Albee Foundation Archived 2012-05-06 at the Wayback Machine
- The Edward Albee Society
- Edward Albee at the Internet Broadway Database
- Edward Albee on IMDb