Biography
Ayad Akhtar (born October 28, 1970) is an American playwright, novelist, and screenwriter of Pakistani heritage, awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His work has received two Tony Award nominations for Best Play, an Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Edith Wharton Citation for Merit in Fiction. Akhtar's writing covers various themes including the American-Muslim experience, religion and economics, immigration, and identity. In 2015, The Economist wrote that Akhtar's tales of assimilation "are as essential today as the work of Saul Bellow, James Farrell, and Vladimir Nabokov were in the 20th century in capturing the drama of the immigrant experience."
Filmography
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Movies 5
self 2
Unrepresented (2019)
The Pulitzer At 100 (2017)
Too Big to Fail (2011)
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Known ForActing
Birthday1970-10-28 (54 years old)
ReligionIslam
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNestroy Award, Pulitzer Prize for Drama
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