Martin Sherman
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Martin Gerald Sherman (born December 22, 1938) is an American dramatist and screenwriter best known for his 20 stage plays which have been produced in over 60 countries. He rose to fame in 1979 with the production of his play Bent, which explores the persecution of homosexuals during the Holocaust. Bent was a Tony nominee for Best Play in 1980 and won the Dramatists Guild's Hull-Warriner Award. It was adapted by Sherman for a major motion picture in 1997 and later by independent sources as a ballet in Brazil. Sherman is Jewish and openly gay,[1][2] and many of his works dramatize "outsiders," dealing with the discrimination and marginalization of minorities whether "gay, female, foreign, disabled, different in religion, class or color."[3] He has lived and worked in London since 1980.[4]
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Born | Martin Gerald Sherman (1938-12-22) December 22, 1938 (age 85) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter |
Education | Boston University College of Fine Arts BFA, Dramatic Arts (1960) the Actors Studio |
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Notable awards | Dramatists Guild Hull-Warriner Award (1980) Tony Award nominations: • Bent (1980) • The Boy from Oz (2003) Laurence Olivier Award nomination: • Rose (2000) |