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Sonia Sanchez
Academic, Academic Author, Playwright, Poet / 1934 -
Sonia Sanchez formed the Broadside Quartet. She was an activist for racial equality, pioneered black studies and has written poetry, plays and kids’ books.
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(1934-)
Academic, Academic Author, Playwright, Poet
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Jean-Paul Sartre
Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1905 - 1980
Jean-Paul Sartre was a 20th century intellectual, writer and activist who put forth pioneering ideas on existentialism.
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(1905-1980)
Philosopher, Activist, Literary Critic, Academic Author, Journalist, Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Peter Shaffer
Playwright / 1926 -
Peter Shaffer is a British playwright, the author of several award-winning plays - some of which were adapted for the screen, including Five Finger Exercise.
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(1926-)
Playwright
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William Shakespeare
Playwright, Poet / 1564 - 1616
William Shakespeare, often called the English national poet, is widely considered the greatest dramatist of all time.
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(1564-1616)
Playwright, Poet
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George Bernard Shaw
Author, Playwright / 1856 - 1950
Irish playwright George Bernard Shaw wrote more than 60 plays during his lifetime, which earned him a Nobel Prize in Literature in 1925.
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(1856-1950)
Author, Playwright
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Percy Bysshe Shelley
Author, Playwright, Poet / 1792 - 1822
Known for his lyrical and long-form verse, Percy Bysshe Shelley is one of the most highly regarded English Romantic poets of the 19th century. His works include The Masque of Anarchy and Queen Mab.
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(1792-1822)
Author, Playwright, Poet
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Sam Shepard
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Author, Playwright / 1943 -
Sam Shepard is a prolific, Oscar-nominated actor and playwright who’s won the Pulitzer Prize.
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(1943-)
Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Author, Playwright
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Neil Simon
Playwright, Screenwriter / 1927 -
Writer for stage and screen Neil Simon penned some of America's most popular plays, including Barefoot in the Park (1963) and The Odd Couple (1965).
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(1927-)
Playwright, Screenwriter
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Noble Sissle
Songwriter, Singer, Playwright / 1889 - 1975
Noble Sissle was a pioneering jazz singer, bandleader and composer known for his work on the musical Shuffle Along, among other productions.
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(1889-1975)
Songwriter, Singer, Playwright
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Wole Soyinka
Activist, Playwright / 1934 -
Wole Soyinka is a Nigerian playwright and political activist who received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1986.
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(1934-)
Activist, Playwright
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Tom Stoppard
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1937 -
Sir Tom Stoppard is a Czech-born British playwright whose famous works include Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1964) and Every Good Boy Deserves Favour (1978). He co-wrote the screenplay for the 1998 Academy Award winning film Shakespeare in Love.
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(1937-)
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Preston Sturges
Director, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1898 - 1959
Preston Sturges is regarded as the first Hollywood figure to successfully move from screenwriting to directing his own scripts.
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(1898-1959)
Director, Playwright, Screenwriter
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John Millington Synge
Playwright / 1871 - 1909
John Millington Synge was a playwright and a leading figure of the Irish literary renaissance. He wrote Playboy of the Western World, drawing on everyday life.
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(1871-1909)
Playwright
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Rabindranath Tagore
Painter, Author, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
Rabindranath Tagore was a Bengali poet, novelist and painter best known for being the first non-European to be awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913.
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Painter, Author, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
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Julie Taymor
Artist, Director, Playwright / 1952 -
Director, playwright and designer Julie Taymor was the creative force behind Broadway’s The Lion King, and is a director of theater, opera and film.
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(1952-)
Artist, Director, Playwright
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Wallace Henry Thurman
Literary Critic, Editor, Author, Playwright / 1902 - 1934
Wallace Henry Thurman was an African-American literary figure associated with the Harlem Renaissance.
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(1902-1934)
Literary Critic, Editor, Author, Playwright
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Jean Toomer
Author, Playwright / 1894 - 1967
Poet, novelist and short-story writer Jean Toomer was a major figure during the Harlem Renaissance. He is best known for his first book, Cane.
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(1894-1967)
Author, Playwright
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Peter Ustinov
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright / 1921 - 2004
Peter Ustinov was an English actor, writer and director who is known for his Oscar-winning performances in Spartacus (1960) and Topkapi (1964).
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(1921-2004)
Academic, Film Actor, Theater Actor, Television Actor, Director, Radio Personality, Television Personality, Journalist, Playwright
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Melvin Van Peebles
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1932 -
Melvin Van Peebles was a filmmaker and auteur who pioneered the "blaxsploitation" genre of African American action films in the 1970s.
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(1932-)
Film Actor, Director, Producer, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Gore Vidal
Critic, Author, Playwright / 1925 - 2012
Gore Vidal was best known as a prolific American writer, but was also famous for frequent talk-show appearances and witty political criticisms.
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(1925-2012)
Critic, Author, Playwright
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
Author, Playwright, Poet / 1749 - 1832
Poet, novelist, and playwright Johann Wolfgang von Goethe provided the Sturm und Drang movement with its first novel, The Sorrows of Young Werther.
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(1749-1832)
Author, Playwright, Poet
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Derek Walcott
Playwright, Poet / 1930 -
Derek Walcott is a West Indian poet and playwright noted for works that explore the Caribbean cultural experience.
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(1930-)
Playwright, Poet
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Wendy Wasserstein
Playwright / 1950 - 2006
Wendy Wasserstein was an award-winning playwright of such works as The Sisters Rosensweig and An American Daughter.
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(1950-2006)
Playwright
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Thornton Wilder
Author, Playwright / 1897 - 1975
Thornton Wilder is a multiple Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright known for works like The Bridge of San Luis Rey, The Ides of March and Our Town.
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(1897-1975)
Author, Playwright
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Tennessee Williams
Playwright / 1911 - 1983
Tennessee Williams was an American writer, whose signature works include A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and The Glass Menagerie.
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(1911-1983)
Playwright
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August Wilson
Playwright / 1945 - 2005
Playwright August Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for his plays Fences (1987) and The Piano Lesson (1990).
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(1945-2005)
Playwright
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P. G. Wodehouse
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter / 1881 - 1975
Author P. G. Wodehouse, the creator of Bertie Wooster and his manservant Jeeves, wrote more than 90 books during his career.
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(1881-1975)
Author, Playwright, Screenwriter
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Thomas Wolfe
Author, Playwright / 1900 - 1938
Thomas Wolfe was a major American novelist of the early 20th century, notable for his first book, 1929's Look Homeward, Angel.
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(1900-1938)
Author, Playwright
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William Butler Yeats
Playwright, Poet / 1865 - 1939
William Butler Yeats was one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century and received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923.
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(1865-1939)
Playwright, Poet
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José Zorrilla
Playwright, Poet / 1817 - 1893
Spanish poet and dramatist José Zorrilla, a major figure of the nationalist wing of the Spanish Romantic movement, made his name with verse leyendas (legends).
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(1817-1893)
Playwright, Poet
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Stefan Zweig
Journalist, Author, Playwright / 1881 - 1942
Stefan Zweig was an Austrian writer and novelist popular in the 1920s and 1930s.
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(1881-1942)
Journalist, Author, Playwright
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