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In 1927, Sidney Kingsley (born Kirschner) became the youngest playwright to win a Pulitzer Prize for drama at age 27 for his three-act play, Men in White.
The five youngest Pulitzer Prize winners in Drama:
- Sidney Kingsley, 1934, age 27
- Beth Henley, 1981, age 29
- David Auburn, 2001, age 31
- Eugene O'Neill, 1920, age 32
- William Saroyan, 1940, age 32
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∙ 13y ago
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∙ 13y agoEugene O'Neill has won the most Pulitzer Prizes for Drama, closely followed by Robert E. Sherwood (whom everyone seems to forget).
Eugene O'Neill
1920: Beyond the Horizon (drama)
1922: Anna Christie (drama)
1928: Strange Interlude (drama)
1957: Long Day's Journey into Night (drama)
Robert E. Sherwood
1936: Idiots Delight (drama)
1939: Abe Lincoln in Illinois (drama)
1941: There Shall Be No Night (drama)
1949: Roosevelt and Hopkins (biography)
The youngest winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama was Horton Foote, who won in 1995 at the age of 80 for his play "The Young Man from Atlanta."
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∙ 13y agoWilliam Inge won the 1953 Pulitzer Prize for drama for his highly acclaimed play, Picnic.
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What play did Inge win the Pulitzer Prize for?
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