Schenkkan, Robert, 1953-

LC control no.	no 94036022
Descriptive conventions	rda
LC classification	PS3569.C4833
Personal name heading	Schenkkan, Robert, 1953- *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Schenkkan, Robert Frederic, Jr., 1953-
Associated country	United States
Located	Austin (Tex.) New York (N.Y.) Los Angeles (Calif.) Seattle (Wash.)
Birth date	1953-03-19
Place of birth	Chapel Hill (N.C.)
Field of activity	Playwriting Motion pictures--Authorship Acting Drama Screenplays
Profession or occupation	Dramatists Screenwriters Actors Playwrights
Special note	Do not confuse with Schenkkan, Robert, 1917-2011
Found in	The Kentucky cycle, 1994: screen credit (Robert Schenkkan, author of The Kentucky cycle) Contemp. authors: v. 132 (Schenkkan, Robert (Frederic, Jr.) 1953; b. 3-19, 1953, in Chapel Hill, NC) By the waters of Babylon, 2005: title page (Robert Schenkkan) Wikipedia, April 12, 2017 (Robert Frederic Schenkkan, Jr. (born March 19, 1953) is an American playwright, screenwriter, and actor. Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, the son of Jean Gregory and Robert Frederic Schenkkan, a professor in the Department of Radio-Television-Film at The University of Texas at Austin, and public television executive. He grew up in Austin, Texas. He received a B.A. in Drama, magna cum laude, from the University of Texas, Austin in 1975 and an M.F.A. in Theatre Arts from Cornell University in 1977. For many years, he lived in New York City and then Los Angeles, California, working both as a writer and an actor in film, television, and theatre. Since 1990 he has focused exclusively on his writing and divides his time between New York City and Seattle) Robert Schenkkan website, April 12, 2017: biography > expanded-biography (Robert Schenkkan was born in Chapel Hill, N. Carolina in 1953, the third of four sons to Bob Schenkkan, Sr. and Jean McKenzie)
Not found in	Contemp. dramatists, 5th ed.; Ww in writers, editors, poets, 1992-93)
Associated language	eng