- Born: May 28, 1932
- Birthplace: New York, NY
Ronald Ribman had several plays produced off-Broadway in the 1960s-70s. His most famous work, Journey of the Fifth Horse, won the Obie Award in 1967. Adapted from Ivan Turgenev's short story "The Diary of a Superfluous Man," the play starred a young Dustin Hoffman in a role which also brought him an Obie.
Ribman was educated at the University of Pittsburgh, receiving his PhD in 1962. He had spent two years in the US Army, 1954-56. He went on to teach English at the university level. He is the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship (1970), Straw Hat award (1973), National Endowment for the Arts grant (1974), Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner award (1977), Playwrights USA award (1984) and a Kennedy Center New American Play grant (1991). His other plays include: The Ceremony of Innocence (1952), The Final War of Olly Winter (1967), Passing Through from Exotic Places (1969), The Poison Tree (1973), Cold Storage (1976), and The Rug Merchants of Chaos (1991).
Most Famous Works
- Journey of the Fifth Horse (1967)
- Cold Storage (1976)
