Tom Stoppard, frequently acknowledged as one of the greatest playwrights of his generation, has passed away at 88 years old.

The Czech-born British playwright died at his residence in Dorset, England, as announced by United Agents, his representing agency.

“He will be remembered for his works, for their brilliance and humanity, and for his wit, his irreverence, his generosity of spirit and his profound love of the English language,” the agency stated. “It was an honour to work with Tom and to know him.”

Stoppard garnered numerous awards throughout his career, spanning theater, television, film, and radio. His body of work is recognized for its extensive incorporation of history and comedy, often simultaneously, forming a foundation for addressing philosophical inquiries about life and art.

He received Tony Awards for his plays Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead (1968), Travesties (1976), The Real Thing (1984), The Coast of Utopia (2007), and Leopoldstadt (2023).

He earned an Academy Award for co-authoring the screenplay for Shakespeare in Love and was credited for his contributions to the scripts of Hollywood blockbusters such as Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade.

Stoppard continued his writing into his later years. His final play, Leopoldstadt, a semi-autobiographical work loosely inspired by his family’s history, premiered in 2020.

Writing about the play in 2022, TIME characterized the play’s theme as “the unpredictable nature of memory and how individuals fare in the capricious currents of history.”

He conveyed to TIME in an interview accompanying that story: “To phrase it thus, if this play were to be my last, I wished it to be something weighty.”

“To the extent that comedy and tragedy flow through me,” he added, “they manifest as intricately intertwined.”

Queen Elizabeth II bestowed a knighthood upon Stoppard in 1997 for his services to literature.

He is survived by his four children, among whom is the actor Ed Stoppard, and multiple grandchildren.