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Edward Albee

American author

Also known as: Edward Franklin Albee

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In full:: Edward Franklin Albee

Born:: March 12, 1928, Washington, D.C., U.S. (born on this day)

Died:: September 16, 2016, Montauk, New York (aged 88)

Awards And Honors:: Tony Awards (2005); Kennedy Center Honors (1996); National Medal of Arts (1996); Pulitzer Prize (1994); Pulitzer Prize (1975); Pulitzer Prize (1967); Grammy Award (1963)

Notable Works:: “A Delicate Balance”; “At Home at the Zoo”; “Occupant”; “Seascape”; “The American Dream”; “The Goat; or, Who Is Sylvia?”; “The Play About the Baby”; “The Sandbox”; “The Zoo Story”; “Three Tall Women”; “Tiny Alice”; “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?”

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Edward Albee (born March 12, 1928, Washington, D.C., U.S.—died September 16, 2016, Montauk, New York) was an American dramatist and theatrical producer best known for his play Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962), which displays slashing insight and witty dialogue in its gruesome portrayal of married life. Albee was the adopted child of a father who had for a time been the assistant general manager of a chain of vaudeville theatres then partially owned by the Albee family. At the time of Albee’s adoption, though, both his parents were involved with owning and showing saddle horses. He had a difficult ...(100 of 508 words)

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