Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1 appearances
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Edition 32 (1954) Winner
John Patrick
ジョン・パトリック
Jon Patorikku
Aliases:
John Patrick Goggin
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1905-05-17 （Louisville, Kentucky）
- Died
- 1995-11-07 （Delray Beach, Florida） age 90
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Residence History
- San Francisco, California → Suffern, New York → Saint Thomas, United States Virgin Islands
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, screenwriter, radio scriptwriter
- Active Years
- 1928-1995
- Nominations
- Academy Award nomination for Best Writing, Original Motion Picture Story (The Strange Love of Martha Ivers, 1946)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1954 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | The Teahouse of the August Moon | — | Columbia University | winner |
| 1954 | Tony Award for Best Play | The Teahouse of the August Moon | — | American Theatre Wing | winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1954
Work:
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
winner
Tony Award for Best Play
1954
Work:
The Teahouse of the August Moon
Organization:
American Theatre Wing
Result:
winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
The Hasty Heart
1945 DramaA drama about wounded soldiers during World War II, focusing on a Scottish soldier and his comrades' friendship.
friendshipwardeath
Adaptations
- [Film] The Hasty Heart / Vincent Sherman (1949)
The Teahouse of the August Moon
1953 ComedyA satirical comedy about interactions between a U.S. captain and Okinawan villagers post-WWII.
cultural clashpost-war legacyhumanity
Adaptations
- [Film] The Teahouse of the August Moon / Daniel Mann (1956)
- [Musical] Lovely Ladies, Kind Gentlemen (1970)
The Curious Savage
1950 ComedyA comedy about a wealthy widow in a sanatorium interacting with eccentric patients.
wealthfamilykindness
Bibliography
- The Hasty Heart
- The Teahouse of the August Moon
- The Curious Savage
- Everybody Loves Opal
Legacy
American playwright and screenwriter who won the Pulitzer and Tony Awards for The Teahouse of the August Moon. Known for Broadway plays and Hollywood screenplays. Died by suicide at 90.
Archives
- The John Patrick Collection, Rare Book Department of Boston University
Trivia
- Abandoned by parents, spent a delinquent youth in foster homes and boarding schools.
- Wrote over 1,000 scripts for the Cecil and Sally radio program.
- Served in the American Field Service during WWII in Egypt, India, and Burma.
- Died by suicide at age 90 with a plastic bag over his head.