Wendy Wasserstein

Playwright, Author

1950 – 2006

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Who was Wendy Wasserstein?

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.

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Born
Oct 18, 1950
Brooklyn
Parents
Siblings
Children
Religion
  • Judaism
Ethnicity
  • Jewish people
Nationality
  • United States of America
Profession
Education
  • Bachelor of Arts, Mount Holyoke College
    History
    ( - 1971)
  • Master of Fine Arts, Yale School of Drama
    Drama
    ( - 1976)
  • Master of Arts, City College of New York
    Creative writing
    ( - 1973)
Employment
  • Cornell University
Lived in
  • New York
    (1950/10/18 - 2006/01/30)
Died
Jan 30, 2006
New York City

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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