Rajiv Joseph

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dramatist person play playwright screenwriter

Rajiv Joseph is an American playwright known for his darkly comic, emotionally resonant works such as the Pulitzer Prize–finalist play "Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatist → person → play → play → play → play → play → play → play → playwright → screenwriter →
author	Rajiv Joseph →
award	Obie Award for Best New American Play → Obie Award for Best New American Play →
awardNomination	Pulitzer Prize for Drama → Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
birthPlace	Cleveland, Ohio, United States →
birthYear	1974 →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
degree	MFA in Dramatic Writing →
education	Miami University → New York University →
employer	New York University →
ethnicOrigin	Indian American →
genre	dark comedy →
hasWrittenFor	film → television →
language	English →
name	Rajiv Joseph →
nationality	American →
notableWork	Animals Out of Paper → Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo → Describe the Night → Gruesome Playground Injuries → Guards at the Taj → The Lake Effect → The North Pool →
occupation	playwright → screenwriter → television writer →
position	adjunct faculty member →
residence	New York City →
setting	Baghdad →
style	darkly comic → emotionally resonant →
subject	Iraq War →
writingLanguage	English →

Referenced by (4)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Bengal Tiger at the Baghdad Zoo →	author
Rajiv Joseph →	name
Second Stage Theater →	notablePlaywrightProduced
Draft Day →	screenwriter