Awards & Winners

Arthur Kopit

Date of Birth 10-May-1937
Place of Birth New York City
(New York, United States of America, Area code 917)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Arthur Lee Kopit, Arthur L. Kopit
Profession Screenwriter, Playwright
Arthur Lee Kopit is an American playwright. He is a two-time Pulitzer Prize finalist and a three-time Tony Award nominee: Best Play, Indians, 1970; Best Play, Wings, 1979; and Best Book of a Musical, for Nine, 1982. He won the Vernon Rice Award in 1962 for his play Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad and was nominated for another Drama Desk Award in 1979 for his play Wings. Nine returned to Broadway in 2003 with Antonio Banderas as Guido and won two Tony Awards, including best revival; in 2009 Rob Marshall directed the film Nine based on Kopit's script, the principal cast consisting of Daniel Day-Lewis, Judi Dench, Nicole Kidman, Marion Cotillard, Penélope Cruz, Sophia Loren, Kate Hudson, and Fergie. Kopit attended Lawrence High School in Lawrence, Nassau County, New York. Kopit attended Harvard University. His first plays were staged while he was still an undergraduate at Harvard University. Later, Kopit taught at Wesleyan University, Yale University, and the City College of New York. In 2005, Kopit donated his papers to the Fales Library at NYU.

Awards by Arthur Kopit

Check all the awards nominated and won by Arthur Kopit.

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Edgar Awards for Best Television Feature/Mini-Series Teleplay The Hands of the Stranger

1982


Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Book of a Musical Nine

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Wings
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Wings

1970


Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Indians

1962


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright
Honored for : Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright Oh Dad, Poor Dad, Mamma's Hung You in the Closet and I'm Feelin' So Sad