Simon, Neil

Simon, Neil
(b. 1927)
   American writer. Simon was born in New York and educated at New York University. He had great success with his first Broadway show Come Blow Your Horn (1961). Other plays include Plaza Suite (1968), California Suite (1976), Chapter Two (1977), Lost in Yonkers (1991) and his autobiographical trilogy Brighton Beach Memoirs (1983), Biloxi Blues (1985) and Broadway Bound (1987). He has also written several successful screenplays including The Heartbreak Kid (1972) and The Goodbye Girl (1977). He has won many awards including a Pulitzer Prize for Lost in Yonkers.

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