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Wendy Wasserstein

Who

Wendy Wasserstein · Arts & Literature

What

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('The Heidi Chronicles')

When

1950, Brooklyn, New York, United States — 2006, New York City, United States

Where

United States

Biography

Wendy Wasserstein is recognized among Jewish contributors to Arts & Literature — Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('The Heidi Chronicles')

How & why

Wendy Wasserstein was an American playwright whose 'The Heidi Chronicles' won the 1989 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, becoming a defining work about the lives and choices of educated women of her generation. Her plays often drew on her own upbringing in a Jewish family; she was born to Polish-Jewish immigrant parents in Brooklyn. She was the first woman to win a solo Tony for Best Play.

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Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature

Contributions & Sources

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright ('The Heidi Chronicles')

1950

Source: Jinfo.org — Jews in Literature