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16 de abr. de 2024 · Tennessee Williams (born March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.—died February 25, 1983, New York City) was an American dramatist whose plays reveal a world of human frustration in which sex and violence underlie an atmosphere of romantic gentility.
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After college, Tennessee Williams moved to New Orleans, a city that would inspire much of his writing. On March 31, 1945, his play, The Glass Menagerie, opened on Broadway and two years later A Streetcar Named Desireearned Williams his first Pulitzer Prize. Many of Williams' plays have been adapted to film starring screen greats like Marlon Brando ...
Williams was born Thomas Lanier Williams on March 26, 1911, in Columbus, Mississippi, the second of Cornelius and Edwina Williams' three children. Raised predominantly by his mother, Williams had a complicated relationship with his father, a demanding salesman who preferred work instead of parenting. Williams described his childhood in Mississippi ...
When he was 28, Williams moved to New Orleans, where he changed his name (he landed on Tennessee because his father hailed from there) and revamped his lifestyle, soaking up the city life that would inspire his work, most notably the later play, A Streetcar Named Desire. He proved to be a prolific writer and one of his plays earned him $100 from th...
The 1960s were a difficult time for Williams. His work received poor reviews and increasingly the playwright turned to alcohol and drugs as coping mechanisms. In 1969 his brother hospitalized him. Upon his release, Williams got right back to work. He churned out several new plays as well as Memoirsin 1975, which told the story of his life and his a...
Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), known by his pen name Tennessee Williams, was an American playwright and screenwriter. Along with contemporaries Eugene O'Neill and Arthur Miller , he is considered among the three foremost playwrights of 20th-century American drama.
- 1930–1983
- Thomas Lanier Williams III, March 26, 1911, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.
Tennessee Williams. (Thomas Lanier Williams; Columbus, Estados Unidos, 1911 - Nueva York, 1983) Dramaturgo, poeta y novelista estadounidense. Miembro de una familia puritana sureña, desde muy joven sintió vocación por el teatro. Comenzó los estudios superiores en la Universidad de Missouri, que luego continuó en la de San Louis (en el ...
31 de dic. de 2019 · Angelica Frey. Updated on December 31, 2019. Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911—February 25, 1983) was an American playwright, essayist, and memoirist best known for his plays set in the South. Much of Williams’ oeuvre was adapted for the cinema.
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Thomas Lanier Williams III (Columbus, Misisipi, 26 de marzo de 1911-Nueva York, Nueva York, 25 de febrero de 1983), más conocido por el nombre artístico Tennessee Williams, fue un destacado dramaturgo estadounidense.
8 de feb. de 1999 · He was Tennessee Williams, one of the greatest playwrights in American history. Born Thomas Lanier Williams in Columbus, Mississippi in 1911, Tennessee was the son of a shoe company...
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