Edward Albee - Awards & Nominations

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, EugÃ¨ne 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.

2010

The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead

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

1999

Laura Pels Foundation Awards for Drama

1996

Kennedy Center Honors

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

1980

American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Drama

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

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