Pulitzer-winning playwright Edward Albee dies at 88

– Three-time Pulitzer Prize winning playwright and author of ‘Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?’ Edward Albee died on Friday at the age of 88 in his home on Long Island, United States. The American writer had diabetes although no cause of his death was given. Albee’s notable works include, The Zoo Story written in 1958, The Sandbox in 1959 and Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? in 1962.

Edward Albee takes his bow alongside director Pam MacKinnon on the opening night of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? at the Booth Theatre in 2012. It challenged theatrical convention and won widespread critical acclaim, but was denied the Pulitzer for being too controversial.

Theater colleagues expressed their sadness at Albee’s death, with many taking to Twitter to send their condolences. Albee said their years together were “as close to a lifetime with someone as anybody gets”.

Edward Albee, victor of the 1967 Pulitzer Prize for drama, for his play “A Delicate Balance“, talks to reporters during a news conference. According to Holder, Albee died after a short illness. I am not a gay writer.

Albee’s snub and “Virginia Woolf’s” losses are all the more awful considering history’s ultimate judgment.

Born March 12, 1928, Albee was adopted shortly thereafter and grew up in Larchmont, N.Y.

Albee also directed the American premieres of many of his plays, starting with “Seascape” in 1975. It was an Obie Award victor and put him on a path to the success of Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? The shattering encounter between two strangers in a park that is “The Zoo Story” became the second act of the new work.

Albee went on to produce dozens of plays, all of which dealt with isolationism, dashed hope, and frustration with contemporary, post-World War II America. In “The Goat or Who is Sylvia?” the main character falls in love with a goat. He is predeceased by his longtime partner, sculptor Jonathan Thomas.