Important precursors were the Swedish playwright August Strindberg and German actor and dramatist Frank Wedekind. Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was a Russian novelist, dramatist and historian. Rajasimha was a skilled dramatist and poet. In addition to his work as a dramatist, Seneca was a Stoic philosopher. She has been in a relationship with screenwriter and dramatist Peter Morgan since 2016. America Literary Awards in the category Master American Dramatist. Burton admired and was inspired by the actor and dramatist Emlyn Williams. The screenplay was written by the Bosnian dramatist Abdulah Sidran. Behn's novels show the influence of tragedy and her experiences as a dramatist. The title is taken from a poem by the 16th-century English dramatist George Peele. The next great Indian dramatist was Bhavabhuti (c. 7th century). The next great Indian dramatist was Bhavabhuti (c. 7th century CE). She was a fifth-generation matrilineal descendant of the dramatist Pierre Corneille. He received the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award as a master American dramatist in 2009. More recently British dramatist Howard Brenton has written several histories.