Neil Baldwin
Neil Baldwin
Neil Baldwin is the author of a variety of books on various topics related to history and culture, and a professor in the Department of Theatre and Dance at Montclair State University...
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His name has been on the list for a couple of years now. He's America's greatest living playwright and one of the playwrights of modern times.
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And when he received the Nobel Prize he accepted it on behalf of the American people because he said that he would not accept this prize for himself. He said, the American people are very generous people and I'm taking this back to them as a country.
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