Beth Henley

Crimes of the Heart

originally published:

1982

awards:

  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama(1981)
  • First Book(1982)

reference info

bio notes:
born: 5/8/1952
born as: Elizabeth Becker Henley

American playwright of regional dramas set in provincial Southern towns, the best known of which, Crimes of the Heart (1982; film, 1986), was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 1981. Merriam-Webster's Encyclopedia of Literature