Tom Stoppard Wins Praemium Imperiale Arts Award

Tom Stoppard is among the winners of the Japan Arts Association’s Praemium Imperiale arts awards, according to a report in The New York Times. The awards are given for lifetime arts achievement in categories not covered by the Nobel Prizes, and will be bestowed in a ceremony in Tokyo on October 22.

Stoppard’s honor has been made in recognition of both his theater and film work, which ranges from his most recent Broadway offerings, Rock ‘n’ Roll and Coast of Utopia, to screenplays for films such as his Academy Award winning Shakespeare in Love and Oscar-nominated Brazil.

In addition to Stoppard, Praemium Imperiale award winners this year include the architect Zahn Hadid, the photographer Hiroshi Sugimoto, the sculptor Richard Long, and the pianist Alfred Brendel.

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