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Wendy Wasserstein

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born

October 18, 1950 in Brooklyn, New York, The United States

died

January 30, 2006

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female

genre

Literature & Fiction

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Wendy Wasserstein was an award-winning American playwright and an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University. She was the recipient of the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

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Books by Wendy Wasserstein

Average rating: 3.47 · 2,874 ratings · 359 reviews · 24 distinct works

	The Heidi Chronicles and Other Plays 3.80 avg rating — 752 ratings — published 1988 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Elements of Style 2.96 avg rating — 879 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	The Heidi Chronicles 3.64 avg rating — 240 ratings — published 1989 — 7 editions	My rating:
	The Sisters Rosensweig 3.60 avg rating — 161 ratings — published 1993 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Shiksa Goddess 3.52 avg rating — 131 ratings — 6 editions	My rating:
	Uncommon Women and Others 3.76 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 1983 — 2 editions	My rating:
	An American Daughter 3.45 avg rating — 91 ratings — published 1998 — 5 editions	My rating:
	Sloth 3.21 avg rating — 85 ratings — 8 editions	My rating:
	Isn't it Romantic 3.35 avg rating — 48 ratings — published 1998	My rating:
	Bachelor Girls 3.20 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 1990 — 3 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Wendy Wasserstein

“The trick. . .is to find the balance between the bright colors of humor and the serious issues of identity, self-loathing, and the possibility for intimacy and love when it seems no longer possible or, sadder yet, no longer necessary.”
― Wendy Wasserstein

tags: balance , happiness , humor , identity , intimacy , life , love , sadness , self-loathing

37 people liked it

“Don't live down to expectations. Go out there and do something remarkable.”
― Wendy Wasserstein

tags: carpe-diem , inspirational , life

33 people liked it

“Anyone who is considered funny will tell you, sometimes without even your asking, that deep inside they are very serious, neurotic, introspective people.”
― Wendy Wasserstein

tags: comedy , humanity-complexity , humor , mind

20 people liked it

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