Editing Edward Albee (section)

== Accolades and accomplishments ==
[[File:Edward Albee 1.jpg|thumb|upright|Albee in 1997]]
A member of the [[Dramatists Guild]] Council, Albee received three [[Pulitzer Prize]]s for [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama|drama]]—for ''[[A Delicate Balance (play)|A Delicate Balance]]'' (1967), ''[[Seascape (play)|Seascape]]'' (1975), and ''[[Three Tall Women]]'' (1994). Albee was elected a Fellow of the [[American Academy of Arts and Sciences]] in 1972.<ref name=AAAS>{{cite web|title=Book of Members, 1780–2010: Chapter A|url=http://www.amacad.org/publications/BookofMembers/ChapterA.pdf|publisher=American Academy of Arts and Sciences|access-date=April 6, 2011}}</ref> In 1985, Albee was inducted into the [[American Theatre Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1985/03/05/arts/broadway-s-best.html|title=Broadway's Best|newspaper=The New York Times|date=March 5, 1985}}</ref> In 1999, Albee received the [[PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award]] as a Master American Dramatist.<ref>{{cite web|title=Winners of the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards {{!}} PEN America|date=April 29, 2016|url=https://pen.org/winners-penlaura-pels-international-foundation-theater-awards|publisher=PEN|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> He received a Special [[Tony Award]] for Lifetime Achievement (2005);<ref name="bncnewsobit"/> the gold medal in Drama from the [[American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters]] (1980); as well as the [[Kennedy Center Honors]] and the [[National Medal of Arts]] (both in 1996).<ref>{{cite web|title=Who We Are|url=http://www.albeefoundation.org/who-we-are.html|publisher=The Edward F. Albee Foundation|access-date=September 20, 2016}}</ref> In 2009, Albee received honorary degree from the Bulgarian National Academy of Theater and Film Arts (NATFA), a member of the Global Alliance of Theater Schools.{{citation needed|date=September 2016}} In 2008, in celebration of Albee's 80th birthday, a number of his plays were mounted in distinguished [[Off-Broadway]] venues, including the historic [[Cherry Lane Theatre]] where the playwright directed two of his early one-acts, ''The American Dream'' and ''The Sandbox''.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Brantley|first1=Ben|title=A Double Bill of Plays, Both Heavy on the Bile|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2008/04/02/theater/reviews/02bran.html |access-date=September 17, 2016|newspaper=The New York Times|date=April 2, 2008}}</ref>

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!colspan=5|[[Pulitzer Prize]]
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! scope="col" | Year
! scope="col" | Category
! scope="col" | Project
! scope="col" | Result 
! scope="col" | {{abbr|Ref.|Reference}}
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| 1967 || rowspan=5|[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] || ''A Delicate Balance'' || {{won}} ||<ref name="Hohenberg">{{Cite web|url=https://www.pulitzer.org/article/snub-edward-albee|title=A snub of Edward Albee|last=Hohenberg|first=John|website=The Pulitzer Prize|language=en-US|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>
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| 1975 ||  ''Seascape'' || {{won}} ||<ref name="Hohenberg"/>
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| 1994 ||  ''Three Tall Women'' || {{won}} ||<ref name="Hohenberg"/>
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| 2001 || ''The Play About the Baby'' || {{nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/edward-albee|title= Finalist: The Play About the Baby, by Edward Albee|website= Pulitzer.org|accessdate= February 15, 2024}}</ref>
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| 2003 || ''[[The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?]]'' || {{nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.pulitzer.org/finalists/edward-albee-0|title= Finalist: The Goat or Who is Sylvia?, by Edward Albee|website= Pulitzer.org|accessdate= February 15, 2024}}</ref>
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!colspan=5|[[Tony Awards]]
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| 1963 || rowspan=2|[[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] || ''[[Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?]]'' || {{won}} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1963/category/any/show/any/ |title=1963 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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| 1964 || ''[[The Ballad of the Sad Cafe]]'' || {{nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1964/category/any/show/any/ |title=1964 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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| 1965 || [[Tony Award for Best Author|Best Author]] || rowspan=2|''[[Tiny Alice]]'' || {{nom}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1965/category/any/show/any/ |title=1963 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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| 1965 || rowspan=4|[[Tony Award for Best Play|Best Play]] || {{nom}}
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| 1967 || ''[[A Delicate Balance (play)|A Delicate Balance]]'' || {{nom}} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/1967/category/any/show/any/ |title=1967 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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| 1975 || ''[[Seascape (play)|Seascape]]'' || {{nom}} ||<ref name="auto1"/>
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| 2002 || ''[[The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?]]'' || {{won}} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2002/category/any/show/any/ |title=2002 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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| 2005 || colspan=2|[[Special Tony Award|Lifetime Achievement]] || {{Won|Received}} ||<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.tonyawards.com/nominees/year/2005/category/any/show/any/ |title=2005 Tony Awards Nominees |author=<!--Not stated--> |publisher=[[American Theatre Wing]] |access-date=August 11, 2023}}</ref>
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!colspan=5|[[Drama Desk Award]]
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| 1960 || Vernon Rice Award || ''The Zoo Story'' || {{won}} || rowspan=6|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://v.playbill.com/person/edward-albee-vault-0000018564|title= Edward Albee|website= Playbill|accessdate= February 11, 2024}}</ref>
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| 1975 || [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play|Outstanding New Play]] || ''Seascape'' || {{nom}}
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| 1976 || [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Director of a Play|Outstanding Director of a Play]] || ''Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf?'' || {{nom}}
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| 1994 || [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play|Outstanding Play]] || ''Three Tall Women'' || {{nom}}
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| 2002 || [[Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play|Outstanding New Play]] || ''The Goat, or Who Is Sylvia?'' || {{won}}
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| 2008 || colspan=2|[[Drama Desk Special Award|Special Award]] || {{won|Received}}
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!colspan=5|[[Grammy Award]]
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| rowspan=2|1963 || [[Best Spoken Word Album]] || rowspan=2|'' Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? '' || {{won}} || rowspan=2|<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.grammy.com/artists/edward-albee/372|title= Edward Albee - Artist|website= [[Grammy Awards]]|accessdate= February 11, 2024}}</ref>
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|[[Best Album Notes]] || {{nom}}
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|}

'''Honorary awards'''
* 1995: [[St. Louis Literary Award]] from the Saint Louis University Library Associates<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |title=Recipients of the Saint Louis Literary Award |publisher=Saint Louis University |access-date=July 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160731082313/http://lib.slu.edu/about/associates/literary-award |archive-date=July 31, 2016 |url-status=dead  }}</ref>
* 1996: National Medal of Arts
* 2003 [http://fscottfestival.org/ Fitzgerald Award  Award for Achievement in American Literature award]
* 2005: [[Academy of Achievement]]'s Golden Plate Award<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website=achievement.org|publisher=[[American Academy of Achievement]]|url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|year=2005 |title=Edward Albee Biography Photo | url=https://achievement.org/achiever/edward-albee/|quote=Toni Morrison, recipient of the Nobel Prize, and Edward Albee at a reception prior to the Banquet of the Golden Plate ceremonies during the 2005 International Achievement Summit in New York City.}}</ref>
* 2011: Edward MacDowell Medal for Lifetime Achievement
* 2011: Pioneer Award for Lifetime Achievement, [[Lambda Literary Foundation]]
* 2013: Chicago Tribune Literary Prize<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-xpm-2013-07-10-ct-ent-0711-chf-literary-awards-20130711-story.html|title=Edward Albee wins Tribune's top award for writing|last=Crowder|first=Courtney|website=Chicago Tribune|date=July 10, 2013 |language=en-US|access-date=February 24, 2020}}</ref>
* 2015: [[America Award in Literature]]