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Sam Shepard
AuthorBooks · Second hand1943-2017
Samuel Shepard Rogers III was an American playwright, actor, director, screenwriter, author and musician whose career spanned half a century. He wrote 58 plays and several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. His accolades include the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the Drama Desk Award, the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award, and a record 10 Obie Awards. He was nominated for two Tony Awards, an Academy Award, an Emmy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Golden Globe. He was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 1994. The New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation."
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Birth
1943
Death
2017
First book
1960
Years writing
57
Sam Shepard holds the record for winning ten Obie Awards, the most ever awarded to a writer or director.
His play Buried Child earned him the prestigious Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979.
He was hailed by New York magazine as the greatest American playwright of his generation.
Beyond his prolific writing career, he was a celebrated actor, receiving an Oscar nomination for his role in The Right Stuff.
His vast literary output includes 58 plays, alongside several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs.