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Michael Frayn
Michael Frayn (Playwright) is an award-winning playwright, novelist, journalist and translator. Born September 8, 1933, Frayn studied Philosophy at Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He worked as a journalist for The Guardian and The Observer. Frayn, who acted as a Russian interpreter during his military service, has translated numerous works by Chekhov.

His novels include: THE TIN MEN, THE RUSSIAN INTERPRETOR, TOWARDS THE EDGE OF MORNING, A LANDING ON THE SON, HEADLONG (short-listed for the Booker Prize) and SPIES (winner of the Whitebread Novel Award). In the theater, Frayn is perhaps best known for his play NOISES OFF, a comedy about the on and off-stage drama in producing a farce. He is also the author of other plays including: ALPHABETICAL ORDER, CLOUDS, MAKE OR BREAK, THE BENEFACTORS, and DEMOCRACY, which recently ran on Broadway. COPENHAGEN received the Olivier Award, the 1998 Evening Standard Award for Best Play of the Year, the 1998 Outer Critics’ Circle and Drama Desk Awards for Best New Play, the 1999 Prix Molière for Best New Play and the 2000 Tony Award for Best Play.

He lives in London with his wife Claire Tomalin, a biographer and critic.