'One of our greatest writers': King leads tributes to Sir Tom Stoppard

King Charles III and Queen Camilla have paid tribute to Sir Tom Stoppard, the renowned playwright who died at the age of 88, who was described as one of our finest writers.A dear friend who shared his genius merely,they said,he could and did turn his pen to any topic, challenging, moving, and inspiring his audiences borne from his own personal experience. Sir Tom, who received an Oscar and a Golden Globe for his screenplay for Shakespeare In Love,

died peacefully at home in Dorset, surrounded by his family,

his lawyers said on Saturday. Tributes have pour in from around the world for the playwright's work that captivated audiences for more than six decades with work that explored philosophical and political topics.

The King and Queen expressed sadness over Sir Tom's death, and sent their condolences to his family.

We send our most heartfelt sympathy to his loved ones. Let us all be comforted by his immortal quote:

Look at every exit as if it were an entrance somewhere else.

The line is from Rosencrantz and Guildenstern are Dead,

one of his most well-known stage performances that also includes The Real Thing. Sir Mick Jagger wrote on social media,

He leaves us with a majestic body of intellectual and amusing work. I will always miss him.

Robert Harris, a Sir Tom's friend, praised his talent and joy for life.

He lived one of the most enviable lives I can recall. He was an amazing guy, he was witty, and he loved life. He came to lunch here in the summer and was already smoking, and even wrote in the Summer for writing,

the Times reported. Sir Tom was described as one of the wisest people I ever met by Kathy Lette, an Australian-British author of the 1979 book Puberty Blues.

A chat with him sent you reeling from irreverent and imaginative quip-lash,

she posted a snapshot of them on social media.

Sir Tom received many awards and accolades throughout his career, including being honoured by the late Queen for his contributions to literature in 1997. He has also written for film, television, and radio. Anna Karenina was adapted by Leo Tolstoy for the 2012 film starring Keira Knightley and Jude Law. He unveiled Leopoldstadt, a semi-autobiographical new work set in early 20th-century Vienna's Jewish quarter, which later earned him an Olivier award for best new play and scooped four Tony awards. Nicholas Hytner, who produced Stoppard's play The Hard Problem at the National Theatre in London ten years ago, lauded the playwright's astonishing generosity and admiration for others.He was a brilliant writer and a legendary host, but those of us lucky enough to know him and work with him will remember him as an outstanding steward of the lives he touched,

the Guardian says. The Olivier Awards, which recognize excellence in theatre, announced that West End theatres would dim their lights for two minutes at 19:00 BST on December 2nd to celebrate the playwright. Sir Tom had received three Olivier Awards and five Tony awards for Broadway theatre, as well as the Oscar for Shakespeare in Love, according to a X essay.

This acknowledgement attests to his work's versatility and enduring impact on both stage and screen," it said.

Sir Tom was the most patient, most generous guy whose magic was evident in everything he wrote, according to Rupert Goold, artistic director of the Almeida Theatre. Born Tomas Straussler in Czechoslovakia, his parents fled from imminent Nazi occupation when he was still a baby and moved to Singapore, where his father died in a Japanese prison camp. He, his mother and brother had escaped ahead of the Japanese invasion and headed first to Australia and then to India. Before heading to England, his mother met and married an Englishman, a Major Kenneth Stoppard. He later learned from relatives that all four of his grandparents were Jewish and that they had died in Nazi concentration camps.

I feel incredibly fortunate not to have had to survive or die.

It's a conspicuoUS part of what could be described as a charmed life

in US magazine Talk in 1999, as he reflected on his return to Zlin, the Czech Republic, where it now stands. Sir Tim Rice, a lyricist, said he was

in awe of virtually everythingas Sir Tom did.He was able to mix academic arguments and philosophical thought with utter wit and fun in Rosencrantz And Guildenstern, his first big success, and I was awe of him,he said.He's written at least half a dozen plays, many of which will live for a long time," says Tom Stoppard.