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==Biography==
 
==Biography==
 
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'''American Playwright'''
 
'''American Playwright'''
  
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Albee has won three Pulitzer Prizes. His 13 plays (including The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Tiny Alice, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Three Tall Women) are among the most famous in 20th-century literature. He was born in Washington, DC and adopted as a baby of two weeks into a wealthy entertainment-industry family in Westchester, New York. His adoption was not a happy one. He is gay.
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Albee has won three Pulitzer Prizes. His 13 plays (including The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Tiny Alice, Who's Afraid of [[Virginia]] Woolf?, and Three Tall Women) are among the most famous in 20th-century literature. He was born in [[Washington]], DC and adopted as a baby of two weeks into a wealthy entertainment-industry family in Westchester, [[New York]]. His [[adoption]] was not a happy one. He is gay.
  
 
== References ==
 
== References ==
 
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97
 
Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97
 
Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)
 
Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992)
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Bigsby, C.W.E. (compiler). Edward Albee: Bibliography, Biography, Playography. (London: TQ Publications, 1980)
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Bigsby, C.W.E. (compiler). [[Edward Albee]]: Bibliography, Biography, Playography. (London: TQ Publications, 1980)
 
Who's Who, 1997
 
Who's Who, 1997
 
Who's Who in America, 1996
 
Who's Who in America, 1996
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"Biographical Sketch Of Edward Albee (1928- )." [Includes portrait]. Available at: [http://tqd.advanced.org/2847/authors/albee.htm]  
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"Biographical Sketch Of [[Edward Albee]] (1928- )." [Includes portrait]. Available at: [http://tqd.advanced.org/2847/authors/albee.htm]  
 
Strong, Lester. "Aggressing against the Status Quo: An Interview with Edward Albee," Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 4(1) (Winter 1997). Also available at: [http://www.hglc.org/hglc/albee.htm]
 
Strong, Lester. "Aggressing against the Status Quo: An Interview with Edward Albee," Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 4(1) (Winter 1997). Also available at: [http://www.hglc.org/hglc/albee.htm]
  

Revision as of 20:13, 25 March 2014


Source: Wikipedia.org.

Biography

1928-

American Playwright

Albee has won three Pulitzer Prizes. His 13 plays (including The Zoo Story, The Sandbox, Tiny Alice, Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?, and Three Tall Women) are among the most famous in 20th-century literature. He was born in Washington, DC and adopted as a baby of two weeks into a wealthy entertainment-industry family in Westchester, New York. His adoption was not a happy one. He is gay.

References

Microsoft Encarta 98 Encyclopedia, 1993-97 Dever, Maria, and Dever, Aileen. Relative Origins: Famous Foster and Adopted People. (Portland: National Book Company, 1992) Bigsby, C.W.E. (compiler). Edward Albee: Bibliography, Biography, Playography. (London: TQ Publications, 1980) Who's Who, 1997 Who's Who in America, 1996 "Biographical Sketch Of Edward Albee (1928- )." [Includes portrait]. Available at: [1] Strong, Lester. "Aggressing against the Status Quo: An Interview with Edward Albee," Harvard Gay & Lesbian Review, 4(1) (Winter 1997). Also available at: [2]