Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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Edition 7 (1925) Winner
Sidney Coe Howard
シドニー・コー・ハワード
Shidoni Kō Hawādo
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1891-06-26 （Oakland, California）
- Died
- 1939-08-23 （Tyringham, Massachusetts） age 48
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English, French, Spanish, Hungarian, German
- Religion
- Unknown
- Residence History
- Oakland, California → Tyringham, Massachusetts
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Dramatist, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1921-1939
- Affiliations
- Playwrights' Company, Dramatists Guild of America
- Memberships
- Dramatists Guild of America, Playwrights' Company
- Influenced By
- George Pierce Baker, Charles Vildrac
- Influenced
- Eugene O'Neill
- Nominations
- Arrowsmith (1932 Academy Award nomination), Dodsworth (1936 Academy Award nomination)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of California, Berkeley | — | — | BA | — | United States |
| Harvard University | — | Playwriting | — | — | United States |
University of California, Berkeley
Degree:
BA
Year of Graduation:
1915
Country:
United States
Harvard University
Playwriting
Country:
United States
Studied playwriting under George Pierce Baker in his '47 workshop'
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1925 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | They Knew What They Wanted | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1940 | Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay | Gone with the Wind | — | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1925
Work:
They Knew What They Wanted
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay
1940
Work:
Gone with the Wind
Organization:
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
They Knew What They Wanted
1924 Realistic romanceA middle-aged Italian vineyard owner woos a young woman by mail with a false snapshot, marries her, and forgives her affair. Praised for its tolerant view of adultery.
AdulteryToleranceHumanity
Adaptations
- [Film] They Knew What They Wanted (1928)
- [Film] They Knew What They Wanted (1930)
- [Film] A Lady to Love (1940)
- [Musical] The Most Happy Fella (1956)
The Silver Cord
1926 DramaA mother pathologically close to her sons undermines their romances, exploring Freudian family dysfunction.
Family dynamicsOedipal complexMother figure
Adaptations
- [Film] The Silver Cord (1933)
Gone with the Wind
1939 ScreenplayScreenplay adaptation of Margaret Mitchell's novel, unflinchingly portraying the cost of war.
WarLoveSurvival
Bibliography
- Swords (1921)
- They Knew What They Wanted (1924)
- Lucky Sam McCarver (1925)
- Ned McCobb's Daughter (1926)
- The Silver Cord (1926)
- Half Gods (1929)
- S.S. Tenacity (1929 adaptation)
- Marseilles (1930)
- Arrowsmith (1931 adaptation)
- Michel Auclair (1932 adaptation)
- Yellow Jack (1934)
- Dodsworth (1934)
- Ode to Liberty (1934)
- Paths of Glory (1935 adaptation)
- The Ghost of Yankee Doodle (1937)
- Gone with the Wind (1939 screenplay)
Translations by Author
- S.S. Tenacity (adaptation of Charles Vildrac)
- Michel Auclair (adaptation)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- RealismPsychological depthNon-melodramatic
- Recurring Motifs
- Family dysfunctionAdultery and forgivenessBrutality of war
Legacy
Influential playwright and screenwriter who won Pulitzer Prize for Drama and posthumous Academy Award. Founding member of Playwrights' Company. Honored with memorial award after death.
Archives
- The Bancroft Library (Sidney Coe Howard Papers)
In Popular Culture
- Known as screenwriter for Gone with the Wind
Trivia
- Served in American Field Service in France and Balkans during WWI
- Literary editor for original Life Magazine
- Featured on Time magazine cover in 1937
- Died in tractor accident
- Descendant of 17th-century colonist Robert Coe