Robert E. Sherwood: Quick Facts


Facts

Also Known As Robert Emmet Sherwood
Born April 4, 1896 • New Rochelle • New York
Died November 14, 1955 (aged 59) • New York City • New York • (Anniversary tomorrow)
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1947) • Pulitzer Prize (1939)
Notable Works “Abe Lincoln in Illinois” • “Idiot’s Delight” • “Roosevelt and Hopkins: An Intimate History” • “The Best Years of Our Lives” • “There Shall Be No Night”

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Horton Foote
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William Saroyan.
William Saroyan
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William Inge
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Aaron Sorkin
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Tracy Letts
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Arthur Miller
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Sam Shepard
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William Goldman
William Goldman
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Neil Simon
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Tyler Perry
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Garson Kanin
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Dorothy Parker
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