Personal Info
Known For
Writing
Gender
Male
Birthday
November 9, 1934
Day of Death
September 8, 2020
(died at 85.830601092896 years old)
Place of Birth
Cape Town, South Africa
Ronald Harwood
Biography
Sir Ronald Harwood CBE FRSL (né Horwitz; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright, and screenwriter, best known for his plays for the British stage as well as the screenplays for The Dresser (for which he was nominated for an Oscar) and The Pianist, for which he won the 2003 Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. He was nominated for the Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar for The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007).