Awards & Winners

Edward Albee

Date of Birth 12-March-1928
Place of Birth Virginia
(United States of America, Contiguous United States, Charles Irving Thornton Tombstone, Lacks Family Cemetery )
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Edward Franklin Albee III, Edward Franklin Albee, Edward Harvey
Profession Playwright, Writer, Author, Screenwriter
Edward Franklin Albee III is an American playwright who is known for works such as The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and a rewrite of the book for the unsuccessful musical Breakfast at Tiffany's, an adaptation of Truman Capote's 1966 book of the same name. His works are considered well-crafted, often unsympathetic 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?.

Awards by Edward Albee

Check all the awards nominated and won by Edward Albee.

2008


Drama Desk Special Award
(Whose provocative plays, including this season's Peter and Jerry, enrich the American theater)

2005


Special Tony Award
(For Lifetime Achievement in the Theatre)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

2003


GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway
Honored for : The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

Nominations 2003 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding New York Theater: Broadway and Off-Broadway The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

2002


Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play
Honored for : The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Play About the Baby

1995


St. Louis Literary Award

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Three Tall Women
BBC Award for the Play of the Year

1994


Obie Award for Lifetime Achievement
(Obie Award for Sustained Achievement)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : Three Tall Women

Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Three Tall Women
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Three Tall Women

1976


Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1975


Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : Seascape

Nominations 1975 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Seascape
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play (American) Seascape

1967


Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : A Delicate Balance

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play A Delicate Balance

1965


Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Tiny Alice
Tony Award for Best Author Tiny Alice

1964


Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play The Ballad of the Sad Café

1963


Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album
Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Outer Critics Circle Award for Playwright of the Season
Honored for : Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Outer Critics Circle Award for Playwright of the Season Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Tony Award for Best Play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?

1960


Obie Award for Distinguished Plays
Honored for : The Zoo Story
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright
Honored for : The Zoo Story

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Playwright The Zoo Story