Authors
William Saroyan
William Saroyan was an internationally renowned Armenian-American writer, playwright and humanitarian. His fame, and his most enduring achievements as a writer, date from the 1930’s. He dazzled, entertained and uplifted millions, with hundreds of short stories, plays, novels, memoirs and essays; they continue to charm and touch us today. Saroyan’s…
Read moreWilliam Shakespeare
William Shakespeare (26 April 1564 (baptised) – 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world’s pre-eminent dramatist His extant works, including some collaborations, consist of about 38 plays, 154 sonnets, two long narrative poems, and a…
Read moreWillis Hall
Willis Hall (1929 – 2005) was an English playwright and radio and television writer who drew on his working class Leeds roots in much of his material. His most famous creation was probably BILLY LIAR (1960), co-written with life-long friend and collaborator Keith Waterhouse. However, his rise to fame came…
Read moreWilly Russell
William Russell (b.1947) is a British dramatist, lyricist, and composer. His best-known works are Educating Rita, Shirley Valentine, and Blood Brothers.
Read moreWolfgang Kudrnofsky
Wolfgang Kudrnofsky, born in Vienna in 1927, has degrees in psychology and anthropology. Since 1950 he has written several plays, novels and travel books. In addition, he is most keen on photography and film exhibits, at home and abroad.
Read moreWoody Allen
American motion-picture director, screenwriter, actor, and author, best known for his bittersweet comic films containing elements of parody, slapstick, and the absurd. He is also known as a sympathetic director for women, writing strong and well-defined characters for them. Much of Allen’s comic material derives from his urban Jewish middle-class…
Read moreYale M. Udoff
Mr. Udoff is a playwright and screenwriter. The NY Times said of his A GUN PLAY, directed by Paul Weidner, which premiered at The Hartford Stage Company: “Mr. Udoff is a discovery. It is clear he has a comic vision, verbal facility and a contemporary consciousness.” He has twice been…
Read moreYasmina Reza
Yasmina Reza’s plays have been adapted in over 35 languages and performed throughout the world in hundreds of productions as diverse as the Royal Shakespeare Company, the National in London, the Berliner or the Schaubühne in Berlin, the Burgteater in Vienna, as well as some of the world’s most celebrated…
Read moreYukio Mishima
Yukio Mishima was the pen name of Kimitake Hiraoka (1925– 1970), a Japanese author, poet and playwright, also remembered for his ritual suicide by seppuku. Mishima was a disciplined and versatile writer. He wrote not only novels, popular serial novellas, short stories and literary essays, but also highly acclaimed plays…
Read moreYves Hunstad
Belgium playwright
Read moreYves Navarre
Yves Henri Michel Navarre, French novelist and playwright, was born 24 September 1940 in Condom, Gascony, France. He earned degrees in Spanish, English, and modern literature from the Universite de Lille III in 1961 and 1964 and attended Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales du Nord in 1964. He began submitting…
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