Frederick Kirwin
- Writer
- Executive
Frederick Kirwin graduated from Boca Ciega High School in St. Petersburg, FL, in 1960, and
later attended Florida State University in Tallahassee where he earned a Bachelor of Arts in
History and International Affairs, and a Master of Arts in Government. He passed the Prelims for
the PhD program at Florida State in Government, received a teaching fellowship and published a
scholarly article with Richard Gray, PhD, on the "Presidential Succession in Chile: 1817-1966,"
Journal of Inter-American Studies, Vol. 11, No. 1 (Jan., 1969), and later resigned from the
program, instead opting to accept a Shubert Fellowship in Theatre, eventually earning an MFA in
Playwriting.
His books include, Songs Of the Garden of Delights (poetry); Body Carnal (poetry); Body Sacred (poetry); Talking About Diana's Death (novel), Billy and Dakota (love story); Dog Bites Man (a thriller and now an award-winning feature film), Past Love, Praise, Indifference, Blame (play). Production of plays includes, Billy (Playwrights Horizons, NYC); Swan Dive (Playwrights Horizons, NYC) ; Dog Bites Man (Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, UK, and later at the Rock Theatre, Brighton, U.K.); The Lottery (Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London, UK, and later at Fox Theatre, London, UK); Talking about Diana (King's Head Theatre, London, UK, and later at the Camden People's Theatre, London, UK).
Kirwin is the recipient of a Shubert Fellowship; The Dramatists Guild Fund Award in honor of Mr. Richard Rodgers; five Edward Albee Foundation Fellowships; and was a Playwright-in- Residence at North Carolina School of the Arts. His screenplay for the movie Dog Bites Man has received 9 Best Script awards, and the movie overall has received 22 awards, including two Best Director for Vincent Zambrano, two Best Actor for Andrew Philip Rogers and Cade Morrison.
His books include, Songs Of the Garden of Delights (poetry); Body Carnal (poetry); Body Sacred (poetry); Talking About Diana's Death (novel), Billy and Dakota (love story); Dog Bites Man (a thriller and now an award-winning feature film), Past Love, Praise, Indifference, Blame (play). Production of plays includes, Billy (Playwrights Horizons, NYC); Swan Dive (Playwrights Horizons, NYC) ; Dog Bites Man (Marlborough Theatre, Brighton, UK, and later at the Rock Theatre, Brighton, U.K.); The Lottery (Tristan Bates Theatre, Covent Garden, London, UK, and later at Fox Theatre, London, UK); Talking about Diana (King's Head Theatre, London, UK, and later at the Camden People's Theatre, London, UK).
Kirwin is the recipient of a Shubert Fellowship; The Dramatists Guild Fund Award in honor of Mr. Richard Rodgers; five Edward Albee Foundation Fellowships; and was a Playwright-in- Residence at North Carolina School of the Arts. His screenplay for the movie Dog Bites Man has received 9 Best Script awards, and the movie overall has received 22 awards, including two Best Director for Vincent Zambrano, two Best Actor for Andrew Philip Rogers and Cade Morrison.