Wendy wasserstein biography book
Wendy wasserstein biography book
Wendy wasserstein...
Wendy Wasserstein
American playwright (1950–2006)
Wendy Wasserstein (October 18, 1950 – January 30, 2006) was an American playwright. She was an Andrew Dickson White Professor-at-Large at Cornell University.
She received the Tony Award for Best Play and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1989 for her play The Heidi Chronicles.
Biography
Early years
Wasserstein was born to a Jewish family in Brooklyn, the daughter of Morris Wasserstein, a wealthy textile executive, and his wife, Lola (née Liska) Schleifer, who moved to the United States from Poland when her father was accused of being a spy.[1] Wasserstein "once described her mother as being like 'Auntie Mame'".[2] Lola Wasserstein reportedly inspired some of her daughter's characters.
Wendy was the youngest of five siblings, including brother Bruce Wasserstein, a well-known investment banker.[3]
Her maternal grandfather was Simon Schleifer, a yeshiva teacher in Włocławek, Poland, who moved