A. R. Gurney (Albert Ramsdell Gurney Jr.) (born November 1, 1930) is an American playwright and novelist. He wrote the Play Richard Cory based upon the poem. It was first produced in New York in 1976.
"Richard Cory" is also a song written by Paul Simon in early 1965, and recorded by Simon and Garfunkel for their second studio album, Sounds of Silence. The song was based on Edwin Arlington Robinson's poem of the same title.