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- Instance of
- human
- Born
- 3 July 1937
- Died
- 29 November 2025
- Place of birth
- Zlín
- Place of death
- Dorset
- Sex or gender
- male
- Family name
- Sträussler, Stoppard
- Father
- Evžen Sträussler
- Mother
- Martha Stoppard
- Genre
- comedy drama
- Field of work
- drama, theatre criticism, film screenwriting, screenplay, theatre
- Occupation
- playwright, screenwriter, journalist, film director, translator, writer, theatre critic, film screenwriter
- Citizenship
- Czechoslovakia, United Kingdom
- Awards
- Laurence Olivier Awards, Commander of the Order of the British Empire, PEN Pinter Prize, Laurel Award for Screenwriting Achievement, Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay, Praemium Imperiale, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Dan David Prize, Order of Merit, Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature, Knight Bachelor, Critics' Circle Award for Distinguished Service to the Arts
- archives at
- Harry Ransom Center
- birth name
- Tomáš Sträussler
- described by source
- REGO
- documentation files at
- SAPA Foundation, Swiss Archive of the Performing Arts
- educated at
- Pocklington School, Mount Hermon School, Darjeeling
- end of work period
- 2025
- honorific prefix
- Sir
- influenced by
- Henry James
- medical condition
- prosopagnosia
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Royal Society of Literature, Writers Guild of America West
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, European Film Award for Best Screenwriter, European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Play, Tony Award for Best Play
- related category
- Category:Films directed by Tom Stoppard, Category:Films with screenplays by Tom Stoppard
- start of work period
- 1964
- unmarried partner
- Felicity Kendal
- writing language
- English
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