Awards & Winners

Sheldon Harnick

Date of Birth 30-April-1924
Place of Birth Chicago
(Illinois, United States of America, Chicago metropolitan area, Area code 872)
Nationality United States of America
Also know as Sheldon Mayer Harnick
Profession Lyricist
Sheldon Harnick is an American lyricist best known for his collaborations with composer Jerry Bock on hit musicals such as Fiddler on the Roof. Harnick began his career writing words and music to comic songs in musical revues. One of these, "The Merry Minuet", was popularized by the Kingston Trio. It is in the caustic style usually associated with Tom Lehrer and is sometimes incorrectly attributed to him.

Awards by Sheldon Harnick

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sheldon Harnick.

1995


Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival
Honored for : She Loves Me

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best Musical Revival She Loves Me

1994


Nominations 1994 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Cyrano: The Musical

1981


Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Original Music And Lyrics The Way They Were
\"In the Beginning\"

1971


Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score The Rothschilds

1967


Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score The Apple Tree
Tony Award for Best Musical The Apple Tree

1965


Tony Award for Best Original Score
Honored for : Fiddler on the Roof

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Original Score Fiddler on the Roof
Tony Award for Best Musical Fiddler on the Roof

1963


Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album
Honored for : She Loves Me

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Musical Theater Album She Loves Me

1960


Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : Fiorello!