Alfred Uhry
Alfred Fox Uhry (born December 3, 1936 in Atlanta , Georgia ) is an American writer . He became internationally known for his Pulitzer Prize- winning drama Driving Miss Daisy .
life and career
Uhry is the son of the furniture designer and artist Ralph K. Uhry and his wife, the social worker Alene Uhry, geb. Fox. He attended Druid Hills High School and graduated from Brown University .
Alfred Uhry's early literary work consisted of writing poetry and libretti for a number of unsuccessful musicals , including America's Sweetheart on Al Capone . His first success was The Robber Bridegroom (1975), a musical with music by Robert Waltman based on a novel by Eudora Welty . He also co-wrote the screenplay for the film Mystic Pizza (1988).
Uhry is married to Joanna Kellogg; they have four daughters together and live in New York.
Atlanta Trilogy
Driving Miss Daisy (1987) is the first of three plays, known collectively as the Atlanta Trilogy , all set in the first half of the 20th century. The play traces the relationship between an elderly Jewish widow and her black driver for over 25 years. After the play Uhry wrote the script for the film Miss Daisy and Her Chauffeur , which won an Oscar.
The second piece in the trilogy, The Last Night of Ballyhoo (1996), takes place in 1939 during the premiere of Gone With the Wind . It was a commissioned work for the Cultural Olympiad in Atlanta, which took place at the same time as the 1996 Summer Olympics . The piece won the Tony Award .
The final piece is the musical Parade (1998) about the lynching of the Jewish factory manager Leo Frank in 1915. The libretto also won a Tony Award.
Web links
- Alfred Uhry in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Literature by and about Alfred Uhry in the catalog of the German National Library
- Speaking Love With Kurt and Lotte , New York Times , May 4, 2007, review of LoveMusik , Alfred Uhry's musical about the lives of Kurt Weill and Lotte Lenya , with Uhry's original sound in an audio slide show , (3:05 min .)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Uhry, Alfred |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Uhry, Alfred Fox (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Atlanta , Georgia , United States |