Larry Kramer

Larry Kramer (1935-2020) was a writer and activist. In 1981, with five friends, he founded Gay Men’s Health Crisis, and in 1987 he founded ACT UP. He is the author of Normal Heart, which in 2014 was made into an Emmy-winning TV adaptation for HBO. His other plays include The Destiny of Me, Sissies’ Scrapbook, and Just Say No; his prose work includes The American People Volumes 1 & 2, two nonfiction books, and a screenplay, Women in Love. He was a recipient of the Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award for a Master American Dramatist, and the Isabelle Stevenson Award, presented by the Tony Awards Committee.