Award-winning British playwright Sir Tom Stoppard passed away at 88. United Agents announced his death in a statement on Saturday, November 29. Stoppard reportedly died "peacefully" and surrounded by family at his home in Dorset in southwest England. The statement further reads:"He will be remembered for his works, for his brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit, and his profound love of the English language. It was an honor to work with Tom and to know him."Sir Tom Stoppard had a 60-year career as a playwright, best remembered for writing and then winning an Oscar and a Golden Globe for the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love. But he also wrote scripts for radio, television, and the big screen. View this post on Instagram Instagram PostFollowing his passing, the world mourns the legendary writer. Among those who were "deeply saddened" by his death are King Charles III and Queen Camila. They said in a statement that Stoppard was "one of our greatest writers" and a "dear friend who wore his genius lightly." They also remembered how he inspired his audience, then quoted a line from his Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.Sir Tom Stoppard's career in theater and beyond, explored in the wake of his passingBorn a Czech Jew from a secular Jewish family who fled that N*zi invasion, Tomas Straussler grew up to become Sir Tom Stoppard when his mother married an Englishman after his father died. He worked as a journalist before establishing himself in theater when he moved to London in 1960.His first play was 1960s A Walk on the Water, which was televised in 1963 and adapted for the stage as Enter a Free Man in 1968. His breakout moment came in the 1966 tragicomedy Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead. At the time it debuted at the Old Vic in London, Sir Tom Stoppard became the youngest playwright whose work was produced by the National Theater.Tom Stoppard at the 76th Annual Tony Awards (Image via Getty)He also won his first Tony Award for it, but it's only one of the several he has. He also won best plays for Travesties, The Real Thing, The Coast of Utopia, and Leopoldstadt. The latter was inspired by his family's experience during World War II. He wrote in a 2024 essay for the Huntington Theatre company that while he was born a Czech Jew, he considers himself an "honorary Englishman."He added that he "didn't feel Czech," but he revisited his Czech Jewish roots in Leopoldstadt. Sir Tom Stoppard is also a name synonymous with Shakespeare in Love. According to People, Marc Norman wrote the original script, but Stoppard worked on the subsequent drafts. He also adapted the script for the theater in 2014. They won an Oscar and a Golden Globe for Best Screenplay for it.Some of Stoppard's plays were also broadcast on television, and he translated numerous works into English, primarily those of the Czech writer and former president Václav Havel. Stoppard also adapted plays by Anton Chekhov (Ivanov, The Cherry Orchard) for the theater and novels by Robert Harris (Enigma) and Leo Tolstoy (Anna Karenina).Sir Tom Stoppard is survived by his wife and children.Read more: Fans celebrate late Marvel star Chadwick Boseman's 49th birthday