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THere are only 3 winners for just Drama
Last Edit: dramedy 01:33 pm EDT 10/05/23
Posted by: dramedy 01:29 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: American playwrights who have won the Nobel - WaymanWong 11:37 am EDT 10/05/23

José Echegaray in 1904
Jacinto Benavente in 1922
Eugene O'Neill in 1936

Samuel Beckett in 1969 is for novel, drama and poetry
Harold Pinter in 2005 for drama, screenplay and poetry

There hasn't been any for only drama for almost a century. I think only poetry or only novel is the most awarded. But most are a combination of literature types.
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re: THere are only 3 winners for just Drama
Posted by: davei2000 03:52 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: THere are only 3 winners for just Drama - dramedy 01:29 pm EDT 10/05/23

But the awards are not based on types. As far as I can tell, Echegaray's and Benavente's plays were all their significant published works. That's certainly true of
O'Neill. If they published great novels like Beckett those would have been cited too. Dylan's Nobel page mentions his memoir.
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Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays
Posted by: dramedy 04:05 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: re: THere are only 3 winners for just Drama - davei2000 03:52 pm EDT 10/05/23

They might have done some other stuff but these are probably mostly dramas which seems to be not as persuasive for Nobel committee.
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re: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays
Posted by: singleticket 06:59 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays - dramedy 04:05 pm EDT 10/05/23

Williams was also a prose and poetry writer. I know people love his poetry but I love the prose works I’ve read. I particularly love his late career novel “Moise and the World of Reason”.
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re: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays
Last Edit: davei2000 04:52 pm EDT 10/05/23
Posted by: davei2000 04:44 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays - dramedy 04:05 pm EDT 10/05/23

Williams's short stories are well known and Miller published memoirs. But yes, if they'd won it would have been for the plays. I don't think Pinter won because of his poetry or Dylan because of his memoir.
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re: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays
Last Edit: singleticket 07:42 pm EDT 10/05/23
Posted by: singleticket 07:39 pm EDT 10/05/23
In reply to: re: Did Williams or Albee or miller do much outside of plays - davei2000 04:44 pm EDT 10/05/23

I tend to think Pinter finally passed the test for his Gulf War era poems and plays that were overt attacks on American militarism. Or perhaps that’s too cynical of me. In any event, oh how the wheel has turned with Sweden joining NATO. I’m sure it will turn again…

No award for Caryl Churchill either.
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