| Romulus Linney | |
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| Born | Romulus Zachariah Linney IV September 21, 1930 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Died | January 15, 2011 (aged 80) Germantown, New York, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Spouse | Ann Leggett Perse (1963–1966; divorced) Margaret Jane Andrews (1967–1994; divorced) Laura Callanan(1996-his death) |
| Children | Laura Linney Susan Linney[1] |
| Relatives | Romulus Zachariah Linney (Great-grandfather) |
Romulus Zachariah Linney IV[2] (September 21, 1930 – January 15, 2011)[1] was an American playwright and professor.
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Linney was born in Philadelphia, the son of Maitland Clabaugh (née Thompson) and Romulus Zachariah Linney III.[3] His great-grandfather was Republican Congressman Romulus Zachariah Linney.[2] Linney was raised in Boone, North Carolina and Madison, Tennessee. He was the author of three novels, thirteen plays and twenty-two short plays that have been produced in the United States, Europe and Asia. Thomas M. Disch described his novel Jesus Tales as "a delight."[4]
He earned a BA from Oberlin College and an MFA from the Yale School of Drama. Linney received fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts as well as Guggenheim, Rockefeller, National Endowment for the Arts and New York Foundation for the Arts grants, an Obie award, a Yukio Mishima Prize for Fiction, and the Award for Literature, Award of Merit and Gold Medal for Drama from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters. He received an honorary doctorates from Oberlin in 1994, from Appalachian State University in 1995, and from Wake Forest University in 1998. He was a member of the Ensemble Studio Theatre, the Fellowship of Southern Writers, National Theatre Conference, College of Fellows of the American Theatre, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy of Arts and Letters, and the Corporation of Yaddo.
Linney had been chair of the MFA Playwriting program at Columbia University’s School of the Arts and Professor of Playwriting in the Actors Studio MFA. Program at The New School in New York. An interview with Linney (both the original audio and a transcript) appears in Blackbird[5] In February 2012, a performance space in the Signature Theater Company's new Frank Gehry-designed building on Manhattan's West 42nd Street, a group he had been associated with since its first season in 1991, will be named in Linney's honor.[6]
Romulus Linney died on January 15, 2011, aged 80, from lung cancer. [7]
He was the father of actress Laura Linney. An interview with Laura Linney can be found at Bombsite.
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