Tennessee Williams
26 March 1911 – 25 February 1983
Tennessee Williams was an American playwright and one of the foremost dramatists of 20th-century American theater. His major works, including 'The Glass Menagerie', 'A Streetcar Named Desire', and 'Cat on a Hot Tin Roof', are celebrated for their poetic lyricism and psychological depth, earning him two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.
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Life events
Born Thomas Lanier Williams III.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe earned a bachelor's degree in English after studying at several universities.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe autobiographical memory play opened on Broadway and established his reputation.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe play opened on Broadway and won him his first Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHis longtime partnership with Frank Merlo lasted until Merlo's death in 1963.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgThe play won him a second Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe received the medal from President Jimmy Carter in recognition of his contributions to American arts.
Source: en.wikipedia.orgHe died at the Hotel Elysée at age 71.
Source: en.wikipedia.org