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  Williams, Tennessee
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NameTennessee Williams
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Born March 26, 1911
DiedFebruary 25, 1983 (71 years)
ContributorRBH
Last ModifedJuan Croniqueur
Dec 19, 2023 12:57am
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InfoTennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the state of his father's birth.

He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play.


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Father Cornelius Williams 1879-1957
Brother W. Dakin Williams 1919-2008

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  04/21/1980 Presidential Medal of Freedom Recipient Won 7.14% (+0.00%)
  10/10/1971 Nobel Prize in Literature Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
  10/10/1958 Nobel Prize in Literature Lost 0.00% (-100.00%)
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