Schenkkan, Robert (Frederic), Jr.

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SCHENKKAN, Robert (Frederic), Jr.

SCHENKKAN, Robert (Frederic), Jr. American, b. 1953. Genres: Plays/ Screenplays. Career: Screenwright & Playwright, currently; Pulitzer Prize for Drama, 1992; Pen Centre USA West Literary Award, 1992. Publications: PLAYS: Final Passages, 1983; Intermission (one-act), 1982; Lunchbreak (one-act), 1982; The Survivalist (one-act), 1983; Tachinoki, 1987; Heaven on Earth, 1989; The Kentucky Cycle (two plays), 1991; Conversations with the Spanish Lady (one-act), 1992; plays appear in collections including Burns and Mantle's Best Plays of 1993. FILMS: Crazy Horse, 1996. Address: Bill Craver, Writers & Artists, 19 West 44th St., No. 1000, New York, NY 10036, U.S.A.

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