Lanford Wilson date of birth:
April 13, 1937
How old was Lanford Wilson when died?
73
Where was Lanford Wilson born?
Lebanon, Missouri, USA
When did Lanford Wilson die?
March 24, 2011
Where did Lanford Wilson die?
Wayne, New Jersey
Why did Lanford Wilson die?
Pneumonia
Is Lanford Wilson gay or straight?
Gay
What is Lanford Wilson's ethnicity?
White
What is Lanford Wilson nationality?
American
What is Lanford Wilson's occupation?
Playwright
Short Biography
Lanford Wilson (April 13, 1937 – March 24, 2011) was a Pulitzer Prize winning, American playwright, whose work, as described by the New York Times, was "earthy, realist, greatly admired [and] widely performed". Wilson also helped to advance the Off-Off-Broadway theater movement with his earliest plays, which were first produced in New York at the Caffe Cino beginning in 1964. He was one of the first playwrights to move from Off-Off-Broadway, to Off-Broadway, then Broadway, and beyond. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1980 and was elected in 2001 to the Theater Hall of Fame. In 2004, Wilson was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Letters and received the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award as a Master American Dramatist. He was nominated for three Tony Awards and has won a Drama Desk Award and five Obie Awards.