Writer

Robert E. Sherwood

Born 1896-04-04Died 1955-11-14aged 59

Robert E. Sherwood (1896–1955) is best known for The Preacher's Wife, Man on a Tightrope and The Bishop's Wife.

Robert Emmet Sherwood (April 4, 1896 – November 14, 1955) was an American playwright and screenwriter.

He is the author of Waterloo Bridge, Idiot's Delight, Abe Lincoln in Illinois, There Shall Be No Night, and The Best Years of Our Lives. He was a screenwriter on the adapted films Rebecca and The Bishop's Wife.

He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1936, 1939, 1941), an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay (1947) and a Pulitzer Prize for Biography (1949).

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