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Sam Shepard

Samuel Shepard Rogers III (November 5, 1943 – July 27, 2017) was an American actor, playwright, author, screenwriter, and director whose career spanned half a century. He won 10 Obie Awards for writing and directing, the most by any writer or director. He wrote 58 plays as well as several books of short stories, essays, and memoirs. Shepard received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1979 for his play Buried Child and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his portrayal of pilot Chuck Yeager in the 1983 film The Right Stuff. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. New York magazine described Shepard as "the greatest American playwright of his generation." source

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Born 5 November 1943
Died 27 July 2017

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    First published in 1970 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Sam Shepard : Seven Plays (Buried Child, Curse of the Starving Class, The Tooth of Crime, La Turista, Tongues, Savage Love, True West)

    First published in 1984 3 editions in 1 language
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    First published in 1981 3 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Locos de Amor (Contrasenas) (Contrasenas)

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    First published in 1973 2 editions in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Fool for love and other plays

    First published in 1984 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition foolforlove0000shep_s1t4
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  • Cover of: The late Henry Moss: Eyes for Consuela ; When the world was green : three plays

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  • Cover of: States of shock ; Far north ; Silent tongue: a play and two screenplays

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  • Cover of: Tooth of crime: (second dance) : a play with music in two acts

    First published in 1974 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The tooth of crime ; and, Geography of a horse dreamer: two plays

    First published in 1974 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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Born 5 November 1943
Died 27 July 2017
Subjects
American drama (dramatic works by one author), Drama, American drama, Fiction, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Families, Fiction, short stories (single author), American literature, Art dealers, Memory, New York Times reviewed, Plays, Conservatism, Dramatists, correspondence, Dysfunctional families, English drama, Family, Fathers and sons, Fiction, general, Fiction, psychological, General, Liberty, Manners and customs, Right and left (Political science), Rock musicians
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Israel, West (U.S.), Mexico, Middle West, United States
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Sam Shepard (1943-), Bob Dylan (1941-), Johnny Dark (1940-), Oedipus (Greek mythological figure), Sam Shepard (1943-2017)
Time
20th century

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December 12, 2022 Edited by tmanarl bio
December 12, 2022 Edited by tmanarl Added new photo
December 12, 2022 Edited by tmanarl merge authors
December 11, 2022 Edited by wjhollerich added death year, VIAF ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import