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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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  • Cover of: Four two-act plays

    First published in 1980 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition samshepardsevenp0000shep
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  • Cover of: A lie of the mind: a play in three acts

    First published in 1986 8 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition lieofmindplayint0000shep
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  • Cover of: The unseen hand and other plays

    First published in 1972 7 editions in 1 language — 5 previewable Cover of edition unseenhandotherp0000shep Cover of edition unseenhandother00shep Cover of edition unseenhandotherp0000shep_o2v1 Cover of edition unseenhandotherp0000shep_b9p7
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    First published in 1976 6 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Cruising paradise: tales

    First published in 1996 5 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition cruisingparadise00shep
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    First published in 1983 5 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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    First published in 1997 4 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Hawk moon: a book of short stories, poems and monologues

    First published in 1973 4 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition hawkmoonbookofsh0000shep
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  • Cover of: Buried child, & Seduced, & Suicide in B♭: [plays]

    First published in 1979 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Curse of the Starving Class

    First published in 1976 3 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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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: Motel chronicles

    First published in 1982 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: States of shock ; Far north ; Silent tongue: a play and two screenplays

    First published in 1993 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition statesofshockfar0000shep_o2r3
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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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  • Cover of: Sam Shepard: Seven plays

    First published in 1981 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition samshepardsevenp00shep
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  • Cover of: Mad Dog Blues & Other Plays (The Winter Repertory)

    First published in 1972 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Shepard Plays 1

    First published in 1996 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Seven plays

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: A lie of the mind : a play in three acts

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  • Cover of: Chicago: Icarus's mother ; Red Cross ; Fourteen hundred thousand ; Melodrama play.

    First published in 1982 1 edition 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), American drama, Drama, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Dysfunctional families, Fiction, short stories (single author), American Motion picture plays, American Short stories, American literature, Americans, Amerikaanse drama, English drama, Families, Family, Fiction, General, Incest, Literary collections, Man-woman relationships, Manners and customs, Monologues, Motion picture plays, Perception (Philosophy), Play Collection, Plays
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Mexico
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20th century

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  • Shepard, Sam, 1943-
  • Samuel Shepard Rogers III

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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