Zoe Akins

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Pulitzer Prize winner dramatist person playwright poet screenwriter

Zoe Akins was an American playwright, poet, and screenwriter best known for her sophisticated stage works and for becoming the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Label Occurrences
Zoe Akins canonical 7
Zoë Akins 4

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Pulitzer Prize winner ⓘ
dramatist ⓘ
person ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
adaptedForFilm The Old Maid ⓘ
surface form: The Old Maid (1939 film)
adaptedWork The Old Maid ⓘ
surface form: The Old Maid (from Edith Wharton’s novella)
awardReceived Pulitzer Prize ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1886-10-30 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1958-10-29 ⓘ
familyName Akins ⓘ
genre comedy ⓘ
drama ⓘ
poetry ⓘ
givenName Zoe ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
movement early 20th-century American theatre ⓘ
name Zoe Akins self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
notableFor being the first woman to win the Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
sophisticated stage comedies ⓘ
notableWork Déclassée ⓘ
Papa ⓘ
The Greeks Had a Word for It ⓘ
The Old Maid ⓘ
occupation dramatist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
poet ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
placeOfBirth Humansville, Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Humansville, Missouri, United States
placeOfDeath Los Angeles, California, United States of America ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States
residence Los Angeles ⓘ
surface form: Los Angeles, California, United States

United States state of Missouri ⓘ
surface form: Missouri, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
sexOrGender female ⓘ
style sophisticated stage works ⓘ
workLocation Hollywood, California, United States ⓘ
surface form: Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, United States

New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York City, New York, United States
wroteFor film ⓘ
magazines ⓘ
stage ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

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Humoresque → screenwriter → Zoe Akins ⓘ
Morning Glory → author → Zoe Akins ⓘ
subject surface form: Morning Glory (play)
this entity surface form: Zoë Akins
How to Marry a Millionaire → basedOnWorkAuthor → Zoe Akins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoë Akins
Lydia → screenplayBy → Zoe Akins ⓘ
Camille (1936) → screenwriter → Zoe Akins ⓘ
Camille → screenwriter → Zoe Akins ⓘ
subject surface form: Camille (1936 film)
Zoe Akins → name → Zoe Akins self-link ⓘ
The Greeks Had a Word for It → author → Zoe Akins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoë Akins
The Greeks Had a Word for It → writer → Zoe Akins ⓘ
this entity surface form: Zoë Akins
The Chaperone → author → Zoe Akins ⓘ
The Chaperone → writer → Zoe Akins ⓘ