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OverviewAI-generated
Arnold Wesker (1932–2016) was a British playwright, writer, screenwriter, and television actor. Born in Stepney, he worked in the fields of drama, performing arts, and staging. His notable works include *The kitchen*, *The Wesker trilogy*, and *The journalists ; The wedding feast ; The merchant*. Wesker was a member of the Royal Society of Literature and received the Knight Bachelor award. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature.
Wesker died of Parkinson's disease in Brighton in 2016. His archives are held at the Harry Ransom Center. He wrote in the English language and was a citizen of the United Kingdom.
Synthesized by Vinony from 37 facts across 7 sources: Wikidata, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Crossref, Last.fm, TMDb, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1932
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Turandot oder Der Kongre der Weiwscher / Publikumsbeschimpfung / Helm / Genusien / Fulein Julie / Goldene Stdte / Der frhliche Weinberg (Spectaculum -
- The kitchen
- Ts'ips ʻim kol davar
- The Wesker trilogy
- Sei domeniche di gennaio
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing
Known for
- My Dad Was a Communist — Self2008
- Waking the Dead — Rabbi Reg Solomon2001
- Right to Work March1972
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1932
- Active to
- 2016
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 6
- Total plays
- 9
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Arnold+Wesker">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- Model Evaluation Guidelines for Systematic Quantification of Accuracy in Watershed Simulations
· 2007 · cited 10,224x
- The Sequence of the Human Genome
· 2001 · cited 10,201x
- The job demands-resources model of burnout.
· 2001 · cited 9,849x
- The Job Demands‐Resources model: state of the art
· 2007 · cited 9,695x
- VI. The phenomena of rupture and flow in solids
· 1921 · cited 7,670x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “If the electrician who comes to mend my fuse blows it instead, so I should stop having electricity? I should cut off my light? Socialism is my light, can you understand that?”
- “Education ent only books and music – it's asking questions, all the time. There are millions of us, all over the country, and no one, not one of us, is asking questions, we're all taking the easiest way out.”
- “And then I saw the menu, stained with tea and beautifully written by a foreign hand, and on top it said…"Chips with everything". Chips with every damn thing. You breed babies and you eat chips with everything.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Key facts
- Born
- ( 1932-05-24 ) 24 May 1932, Stepney , London, England
- Died
- 12 April 2016 (2016-04-12) (aged 83) , Brighton , England
- Occupation
- Dramatist
via Wikipedia infobox
~15 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Sir Arnold Wesker FRSL (24 May 1932 – 12 April 2016) was an English dramatist. He was the author of 50 plays, four volumes of short stories, two volumes of essays, much journalism and a book on the subject, a children's book, some poetry, and other assorted writings. His plays have been translated into 20 languages, and performed worldwide.
Early life
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Arnold Wesker” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.