A.R. Gurney was born on November 1, 1930 in Buffalo, New York, USA. He was a writer, known for 3 by Cheever (1979), Television Theater (1953) and TV teatar (1956). He was married to Mary Forman Goodyear. He died on June 13, 2017 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
"Pete" Gurney was a professor in the Literature Section of the Humanities Department at MIT before he left to become a successful playwright. While there he wrote a very amusing "roman a clef" called "Entertaining Strangers" about one of the other professors.
Nominated for the 1985 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "The Dining Room" and the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for the play "Love Letters".
His play, "The Cocktail Hour," in the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California was awarded the 1990 Drama-Logue Award for Production.
He was awarded the 1990 Drama-Logue Award for Writing for "The Cocktail Hour" in the Center Theatre Group/Ahmanson at the James A. Doolittle Theatre (University of California) in Los Angeles, California.