Ayad Akhtar
Ayad Akhtar is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter known for exploring themes of the American-Muslim experience, identity, religion, and economics. He won the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play 'Disgraced'. Born in Staten Island and raised in Milwaukee, he is a graduate of Brown University and Columbia University's School of the Arts.
Awards
['Pulitzer Prize for Drama (2013)', 'American Book Award (2021)', 'Steinberg Playwright Award (2017)', 'Edith Wharton Citation of Merit for Fiction (2021)', 'Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters']
Notable Works
['American Dervish', 'Disgraced', 'Homeland Elegies', 'Junk', 'The Invisible Hand']
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