Edward Albee Biography

Edward Albee biography

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NAME: Edward Albee
OCCUPATION: Playwright
BIRTH DATE: March 12, 1928 (Age: 85)
EDUCATION: Trinity College
PLACE OF BIRTH: Washington, D.C.
Full Name: Edward Franklin Albee
ZODIAC SIGN: Pisces

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Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright Edward Albee is best known for penning Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? and The Zoo Story.

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Edward Albee (born March 12, 1928) turned to playwriting in the 1950s. His early popular one-acts, including The Zoo Story (1959), established him as a critic of American values. But he is best known for his first full-length play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1962, film 1966). Albee also received Pulitzer Prizes for A Delicate Balance (1966), Seascape (1972) and Three Tall Women (1994).