Acclaimed playwright, Oscar-winning screenwriter Tom Stoppard dies at 88
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Tom Stoppard, an acclaimed British playwright who also won an Academy Award for the screenplay for 1998’s “Shakespeare in Love,” has died, his agency said Saturday. He was 88 years old.
“We are deeply saddened to announce that our beloved client and friend, Tom Stoppard, has died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family,” United Agents said in a statement posted on its website. “He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language.”
Born Tomás Sträussler in Zlín, a small city in what was then Czechoslovakia (now the Czech Republic), he moved to the U.K. as a young child after his widowed mother married English officer Kenneth Stoppard.
His soon-to-be illustrious writing career began at 17, when he worked as a journalist for newspapers in southwest England before becoming a theater critic in London.
Widely considered one of the top British playwrights of all time, Stoppard was knighted for his contribution to theater by Queen Elizabeth II in 1997.
Among the accolades he received during his career were an Academy Award, three Laurence Olivier Awards and five Tony Awards.
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