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Recent Examples of dramatist
The literary award went to Norwegian dramatist and author Jon Fosse in 2023 and French author Annie Ernaux in 2022.
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
But folklorists, anthropologists, dramatists and, in the post-Mao period, rap artists believed the local forms of speech expressed the authentic culture of the common people.
—Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Carreira has a docu-realistic eye for setting and a dramatist’s instinct for pacing and mood.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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Sonja Anderson, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Oct. 2024
But folklorists, anthropologists, dramatists and, in the post-Mao period, rap artists believed the local forms of speech expressed the authentic culture of the common people.
—Gina Anne Tam, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2021
Carreira has a docu-realistic eye for setting and a dramatist’s instinct for pacing and mood.
—Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 18 Sep. 2024
As a dramatist, Baker wants the audience to become aware of its own habits of attention and inattention.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 25 June 2024
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for dramatist
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The story gained massive popularity following a stop-motion animation film by Henry Selick, and was later adapted as a musical by the playwright Zinnie Harris and the composer Louis Barabbas, and was set to be helmed by Leeds Playhouse’s Artistic Director James Brining.—
Charisma Madarang,
Rolling Stone,
29 Jan. 2025
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Each actress is given a singular story by the playwright, a tall order to pull off in the midst of the central focus – a man entirely devoted to life as a dog.—
Michelle F. Solomon and,
Miami Herald,
28 Jan. 2025
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Was that ever a major concern of yours in the writers’ room? Gemmill: Oh, absolutely.—
Max Gao,
Variety,
24 Jan. 2025
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Jared Weiss is a staff writer covering the Boston Celtics and NBA for The Athletic.—
Jared Weiss,
The Athletic,
24 Jan. 2025
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Lionsgate announced the biopic in February 2022, at which time the estate already signed off and Logan was already attached as screenwriter with King as a co-producer.—
Larisha Paul,
Rolling Stone,
24 Jan. 2025
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Presented by Dropbox, the IndieWire Studio at Sundance will welcome actors, directors, producers, screenwriters, and documentary subjects for exclusive video interviews with IndieWire’s senior staff starting Friday January 24.—
Christian Blauvelt,
IndieWire,
23 Jan. 2025
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That means dads and uncles, teachers and political leaders, Hollywood scriptwriters and podcast hosts—all could stand to get in on the game.—
Matthew Schnipper,
The Atlantic,
6 Jan. 2025
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Karen is a talented scriptwriter who will bring the story to life on screen.—
K.J. Yossman,
Variety,
29 Nov. 2024
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The scenarist of the eternal frontier first had to get there.—
Doreen St. Félix,
The New Yorker,
22 June 2023
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Presumably these dynamics played better in scenarist Sarah Alderson’s original novel (which is set in Lisbon rather than Split).—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
3 Mar. 2022
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The book was first published anonymously, and its authorship is consequently uncertain, though usually attributed to a minor poet and litterateur named Wu Cheng’en.—
Washington Post,
Washington Post,
3 Mar. 2021
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Even his name, not to mention his author photo, had an aura of toughness more suggestive of a prizefighter than a litterateur.—
Geoffrey O’Brien,
The New York Review of Books,
18 Apr. 2019
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