Awards
1966
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Chicago
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Icarus's Mother
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Red Cross
1967
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
La Turista
1968
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Forensic and the Navigator
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Melodrama Play
Creative Arts - Drama & Performance Art
Guggenheim Fellowship Award
Guggenheim Fellowship Award
Himself
1973
Best Distinguished Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
The Tooth of Crime
1975
Best Playwriting
Obie Award
Obie Award
Action
1977
Best New American Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Curse of the Starving Class
Best Playwriting
Obie Award
Obie Award
Buried Child
1979
Drama
Pulitzer Prize
Pulitzer Prize
Buried Child
1980
Sustained Achievement Award
Obie Award
Obie Award
Himself
1984
Best New American Play
Obie Award
Obie Award
Fool for Love
Best Direction
Obie Award
Obie Award
Fool for Love
1986
Outstanding Play
Drama Desk Award
Drama Desk Award
A Lie of the Mind
Best Play
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
A Lie of the Mind
Best Off-Broadway Play
Outer Critics Circle Award
Outer Critics Circle Award
A Lie of the Mind
1992
Gold Medal for Drama
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
American Academy of Arts and Letters Award
Himself
2009
PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award
PEN American Center Award
PEN American Center Award
Himself
2013
Robert Altman Award
Independent Spirit Award
Independent Spirit Award
Mud
Sam Shepard’s work was also recognized over the years with various nominations, among them a Pulitzer Prize nomination for True West and an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actor for The Right Stuff, both in 1983; a BAFTA nomination for Best Adapted Screenplay for Paris, Texas (1985); a Tony Award nomination for Best Play – Buried Child (1996); and Emmy and Golden Globe nominations for Best Actor in a Miniseries for Dash and Lilly (1999).