Literary Library

Alfred Uhry

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1936 - American playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Driving Miss Daisy" (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1988 and a...
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Adolph Green

by Angela Beck
December 2, 1914 - October 23, 2002American lyricist and playwrightAuthor of plays and musicals including "Wonderful Town" (for which he won the Ne...
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Donald Ogden Stewart

by Angela Beck
November 30, 1894 - August 2, 1980American author and screenwriterAuthor of "A Parody Outline of History", "Aunt Polly's Story of Mankind" and "The...
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Noah Baumbach

by Angela Beck
September 3, 1969 - American screenwriter and film directorAuthor of "The Life Aquatic with Steve Zissou" (co-written with Wes Anderson), "The Squ...
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Ernest Thompson

by Angela Beck
November 6, 1949 - American writer, actor and directorAuthor of "On Golden Pond" (for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay in...
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Charles MacArthur

by Angela Beck
November 5, 1895 - April 21, 1956American playwright and screenwriterAuthor of "Rasputin and the Empress" (for which he was nominated for an Academ...
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