Edward Albee

Edward Franklin Albee III ( ; 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.

In 1963, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? won the Tony Award for Best Play. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1967 for A Delicate Balance, in 1975 for Seascape, and in 1994 for Three Tall Women.

Albee was openly gay and stated that he first knew he was gay at age 12 and a half.

Albee died on September 16, 2016 at his home in Montauck, New York from complications of diabetes, aged 88.

 Works 

 Plays 
Works written or adapted by Albee:

 Adaptations 

 Opera libretti
 Bartleby (adapted from the short story by Herman Melville) (1961)
 The Ice Age (1963, uncompleted)

 Essays 
Stretching My Mind: Essays 1960–2005 (2005).

References

Other websites

 Edward F. Albee Foundation 
 The Edward Albee Society



Category:Pulitzer Prize winners
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Category:American playwrights
Category:Gay men
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Category:LGBT people from New York (state)
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Category:Writers from Virginia
Category:Writers from Washington, D.C.