| − | '''Tom Stoppard''' is a [[Jewish]] [[playwright]] who was born in [[Czechoslovakia]]. | + | '''Tom Stoppard''' (born Tomás Straüssler on 3 July 1937 in Zlín, [[Czechoslovakia]]<ref>http://www.contemporarywriters.com/authors/?p=auth254#bibliography</ref>) is a [[British]] [[playwright]]. His major works include ''Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead'' (1967), ''The Real Inspector Hound'' (1968), ''Jumpers'' (1972), ''Travesties'' (1975), ''The Real Thing'' (1982), ''Arcadia'' (1993) and ''The Invention of Love'' (1997). |
| | + | Among many other notable citations, Stoppard has been awarded the Tony Award three times, the New York Drama Critics' Circle award three times, and the ''Evening Standard'' Award for Best Play six times. In 1997 he was made a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by [[Queen Elizabeth II]]. |