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David William Rabe (born March 10, 1940 in Dubuque , Iowa ) is an American novelist , playwright and screenwriter .

Life

David William Rabe was born to Ruth McCormick and William Rabe. In his hometown he attended several Catholic schools and received his bachelor's degree from Catholic Loras College . His subsequent theater studies at Villanova University was interrupted in 1965, during the Vietnam War , when he was drafted into the United States Army . He spent the last eleven months of his two-year service until 1967 in Vietnam . Upon his return, he completed his Masters in creative writing at Villanova. With his first play Stick and Bones , in which he processed his Vietnam War experiences, he won a Tony Award for Best Play in 1972 . The play was filmed in 1973 and Rabe himself made his debut as a screenwriter with the drama The Hunt for Life . This was followed by other films such as The Damned of War , The Company and Hurlyburly , for which he wrote the screenplay, with the latter he adapted his own play.

Rabe had a child with his first wife, Elizabeth Pan, whom he married in 1969. He also had two children together with his second wife, Jill Clayburgh , with whom he was married from 1979 until her death from cancer in 2010, including the actress Lily Rabe .

Works

Plays

  • 1971: Sticks and Bones (German: Knüppel und Knie )
  • 1972: The Basic Training of Pavlo Hummel
  • 1973: In the Boom Boom Room
  • 1976: Streamers (German: Die Schreienden Adler )
  • 1984: Hurlyburly
  • 1987: Goose and Tomtom
  • 1994: Those The River Keeps
  • 1997: A Question of Mercy
  • 2001: The Dog Problem

Novels

  • 2000: Recital of the Dog
  • 2005: A Primitive Heart
  • 2008: Dinosaurs on the Roof

Filmography

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personal data
SURNAME Raven, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Raven, David William (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American playwright and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH Dubuque , Iowa, United States