Awards & Winners

Michael Frayn

Date of Birth 08-September-1933
Place of Birth London
(England, United Kingdom, Great Britain)
Nationality United Kingdom
Also know as Michael J. Frayn, Michael J. Frayn FRSL
Profession Novelist, Playwright, Writer, Screenwriter, Journalist
Michael Frayn, FRSL is an English playwright and novelist. He is best known as the author of the farce Noises Off and the dramas Copenhagen and Democracy. His novels, such as Towards the End of the Morning, Headlong and Spies, have also been critical and commercial successes, making him one of the handful of writers in the English language to succeed in both drama and prose fiction. His works often raise philosophical questions in a humorous context. Frayn's wife is Claire Tomalin, the biographer and literary journalist.

Awards by Michael Frayn

Check all the awards nominated and won by Michael Frayn.

2010


Nominations 2010 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Costa Biography Award My Father's Fortune

2008


Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Absurdia: The Crimson Hotel

2005


Nominations 2005 »

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

2004


Nominations 2004 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Democracy

2000


Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : Copenhagen (2000 Broadway)

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Copenhagen (2000 Broadway)

1999


New York Times 10 Best Books of the Year
Honored for : Headlong

Nominations 1999 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Man Booker Prize Headlong
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Alarms and Excursions
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Copenhagen
BBC Award for the Play of the Year

1990


Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
British Academy Television Award for Best Single Drama First and Last

1986


Nominations 1986 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Benefactors

1984


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Honored for : Benefactors
(Play of the Year)

Nominations 1984 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Noises Off
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Benefactors
Play of the Year
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Noises Off

1982


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Honored for : Noises Off

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Noises Off

1980


Nominations 1980 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Make and Break

1979


Nominations 1979 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Clouds

1976


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy
Honored for : Donkeys' Years

Nominations 1976 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy Donkeys' Years