Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1 appearances
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Edition 39 (1961) Winner
Tad Mosel
タッド・モーゼル
Tad Mosel
Aliases:
George Ault Mosel Jr.
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1922-05-01 （Steubenville, Ohio, U.S.）
- Died
- 2008-08-24 （Concord, New Hampshire, U.S.） age 86
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Presbyterian
- Residence History
- Steubenville, Ohio → Suburbs of New York City (Larchmont, New Rochelle, New York) → Concord, New Hampshire
Career
- Occupations
- Playwright, Teleplay writer, Screenwriter
- Active Years
- 1949-2008
- Influenced By
- Katharine Cornell, James Agee
- Nominations
- Tony Award nomination (All the Way Home), Emmy Award nomination (The Adams Chronicles)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amherst College | — | — | BA | 第二次世界大戦中断後修了 | United States |
| Yale University | Yale Drama School | — | MFA | — | United States |
| Columbia University | — | — | MA | — | United States |
Amherst College
Degree:
BA
Period:
第二次世界大戦中断後修了
Year of Graduation:
1946
Country:
United States
Yale University
Yale Drama School
Degree:
MFA
Year of Graduation:
1948
Country:
United States
Columbia University
Degree:
MA
Year of Graduation:
1949
Country:
United States
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1961 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | All the Way Home | — | Columbia University | Winner |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1961
Work:
All the Way Home
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
Winner
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
All the Way Home
1960 PlayStage adaptation of James Agee's A Death in the Family, dramatizing a Tennessee family's reactions to the father's accidental death in the summer of 1915.
familydeathloss
Adaptations
- [Film] All the Way Home / Alex Segal (1963)
Translations
- Danish TV version 'I havn'
Bibliography
- Other People's Houses; Six Television Plays (1956)
- Leading Lady: The World and Theater of Katharine Cornell (1978)
Translations of Works
- All the Way Home Danish translation 'I havn'
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- Realistic family dramasLive television style
- Recurring Motifs
- family relationshipsloss and grief
Health
-
Esophageal cancer晩年（18年間の居住後）Cause of death at age 86
Legacy
One of the leading dramatists of hour-long teleplays for live television during the 1950s. Pulitzer Prize winner. Donated $100,000 to Havenwood-Heritage Heights for Tad's Place auditorium.
Archives
- Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts (Tad Mosel papers, 1935-1991)
- The Paley Center for Media
Quotes
-
My brother and I were given a sense of security. My brother is four years older than I am. We had a good, wonderful home. I had a marvelous mother and father... I adored my mother and father. They were both wonderful parents.
Source: Archive of American Television (interview) (1997)
Trivia
- Served as Sergeant in U.S. Army Air Forces Weather Service during WWII, including one year in South Pacific.
- Partner Raymond Tatro (McCall's graphic designer) for over 40 years (1950s–1995).
- Broadway debut in 1949 in non-speaking role in At War with the Army.