caption influenced birth_place influences awards nationality notableworks birth_date period image article_title name occupation
edward 1961 albee , photographed by carl van vechten , paula vogel virginia theatre of the absurd pulitzer and 1994 -rrb- tony award -lrb- 1963 and 2002 -rrb- prize national medal of arts -lrb- 1996 -rrb- special tony award for -lrb- 2005 -rrb- america award in literature -lrb- 2015 -rrb- drama -lrb- 1967 , 1975 , american '' '' the zoo story '' '' the american dream '' who '' the goat , or who is sylvia ? '' 's afraid of virginia woolf ? '' 12 march 1928 1958 -- present edward albee.jpg edward albee
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edward albee

edward franklin albee iii -lrb- ; born march 12 , 1928 -rrb- is an american playwright known for works such as `` the zoo story '' -lrb- 1958 -rrb- , `` the sandbox '' -lrb- 1959 -rrb- , and `` who 's afraid of virginia woolf ? ''
-lrb- 1962 -rrb- .
his works are often considered as well-crafted , realistic examinations of the modern condition .
his early works reflect a mastery and americanization of the theatre of the absurd that found its peak in works by european playwrights such as samuel beckett , eugène ionesco , and jean genet .
younger american playwrights , such as paula vogel , credit albee 's daring mix of theatricality and biting dialogue with helping to reinvent the post-war american theatre in the early 1960s .
albee continues to experiment in works such as `` the goat , or who is sylvia ? ''
-lrb- 2002 -rrb- .
