Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1 appearances
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Edition 53 (1981) Winner
Beth Henley
ベス・ヘンリー
Besu Henrī
Aliases:
Elizabeth Becker Henley
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1952-05-08 （Jackson, Mississippi）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- Jackson, Mississippi → Dallas, Texas → Los Angeles, California
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, screenwriter, actress
- Active Years
- 1972-2024
- Influenced By
- Eudora Welty, Flannery O'Connor
- Nominations
- Tony Award nomination (Crimes of the Heart), Academy Award nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay (Crimes of the Heart)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Southern Methodist University | — | Acting | BFA | 1970-1974 | United States |
Southern Methodist University
Acting
Degree:
BFA
Period:
1970-1974
Year of Graduation:
1974
Country:
United States
Member of the acting ensemble
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Crimes of the Heart | — | Columbia University | winner |
| 1981 | New York Drama Critics' Circle Award | Crimes of the Heart | Best American Play | New York Drama Critics' Circle | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1981
Work:
Crimes of the Heart
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
1981
Work:
Crimes of the Heart
Category:
Best American Play
Organization:
New York Drama Critics' Circle
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Crimes of the Heart
1978 DramaA play about three sisters in Mississippi dealing with family crises, love, and tragedy.
family loveromantic lovealienationhuman suffering
Adaptations
- [Film] Crimes of the Heart / Bruce Beresford (1986)
Bibliography
- Am I Blue (1972)
- Crimes of the Heart (1978)
- The Miss Firecracker Contest (1979)
- The Wake of Jamey Foster (1981)
- The Debutante Ball (1985)
- The Lucky Spot (1986)
- Abundance (1990)
- Control Freaks (1992)
- Signature (1995)
- L-play (1996)
- Revelers (1996)
- Impossible Marriage (1998)
- Family Week (2000)
- Sisters of the Winter Madrigal (2003)
- Ridiculous Fraud (2007)
- The Jacksonian (2013)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- naturalistic portrayalsexperimental techniquesgrotesque and absurd
- Recurring Motifs
- family and societal constraintsalienation and sufferingSouthern Gothic
Legacy
Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright known for Southern family dramas, compared to Eudora Welty and Flannery O'Connor.
Archives
- University of Mississippi J.D. Williams Library, Beth Henley collection
Trivia
- Youngest of four sisters.
- Dated Stephen Tobolowsky at Southern Methodist University.