Sam Shepard

photograph of Sam Shepard by Bill Wittliiff

Widely considered one of America's greatest living playwrights, Sam Shepard is also an accomplished actor, director, screenwriter, and musician. Shepard has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and has been nominated for an Academy Award for his acting. He was inducted into the American Academy of Arts and Letter in 1986. In 1992, he received the Gold Medal for Drama from the Academy and in 1994 he was inducted into the Theatre Hall of Fame. His impact on modern theater can be gauged by the numerous scholarly books and articles devoted to his work, as well as the hundreds of productions of his plays, both in the U.S. and abroad.

The Sam Shepard papers at the Southwestern Writers Collection were donated by the author and comprise some 26 boxes of material.

Guide to the Sam Shepard Papers (pdf)

Guide to the Sam Shepard Papers (html)

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