What is Ronald Harwood?
{{Infobox person | name = Sir Ronald Harwood | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Ronald Horwitz | birth_date = {{Birth date|1934|11|9|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Cape Town]], [[Union of South Africa]] | death_date = {{Death date and age|2020|9|8|1934|11|9|df=yes}} | death_place = [[Sussex]], [[England]] | occupation = Writer, screenwriter | years_active = 1960–2015 | spouse = {{marriage|Natasha Riehle|1959|2013|end=d}} }} '''Sir Ronald Harwood''', {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|commas=on|CBE|FRSL}} (born '''Ronald Horwitz'''; 9 November 1934 – 8 September 2020) was a South African-born British author, playwright and screenwriter. He was known for his screenplays ''[[The Dresser (1983 movie)|The Dresser]]'' and ''[[The Pianist (2002 movie)|The Pianist]]''. He won the 2003 [[Academy Award]] for [[Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay|Best Adapted Screenplay]]. He also wrote the screenplay for ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (movie)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' (2007). Harwood died at his home in [[Sussex]] on 8 September 2020, at age 85.<ref>{{cite news|url = https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2020/09/08/sir-ronald-harwood-oscar-winning-screenwriter-playwright-dies/|title =Sir Ronald Harwood, Oscar-winning screenwriter and playwright, dies at 85|last = Singh|first = Anita|work = [[The Daily Telegraph]]|date = 8 September 2020|access-date = 8 September 2020|url-access = subscription}}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{IMDb name|0367838|Ronald Harwood}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Harwood, Ronald}} [[Category:1934 births]] [[Category:2020 deaths]] [[Category:Academy Award winning writers]] [[Category:BAFTA Award winning writers]] [[Category:British screenwriters]] [[Category:British playwrights]] [[Category:South African writers]] {{bio-stub}}