Sir Tom Stoppard to receive Writers Guild accolade

Stoppard was knighted in 1997 for services to drama

British playwright and screenwriter Sir Tom Stoppard is to be honoured by the Writers Guild of America next month.

Sir Tom, whose recent credits include Anna Karenina and Parade's End, will receive the Laurel Award for Screen at its 17 February awards in Los Angeles.
Howard A Rodman, vice-president of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW), said Stoppard brought "wit, elegance and heart to all he composes".
Previous recipients of the accolade include US playwright David Mamet.
Sir Tom shared an Oscar in 1999 for the screenplay he co-wrote with Marc Norman for the film Shakespeare in Love.
His many stage plays include The Real Thing, Arcadia and the Hamlet-inspired Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead.
In a statement, Rodman said Stoppard's screenplays - which also include those for Terry Gilliam's Brazil and Steven Spielberg's Empire of the Sun - "delight, disturb [and] entrance".