Tennessee Williams
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| - | '''Thomas Lanier Williams III''' ([[March 26]], [[1911]] – [[February 25]], [[1983]]), better known by the [[pseudonym]] '''Tennessee Williams''', was a major [[United States|American]] [[playwright]] and one of the prominent playwrights of the twentieth century. The name "Tennessee" was a name given to him by college friends because of his southern accent and his father's background in Tennessee. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' in [[1948]] and for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' in [[1955]]. In addition to those two plays, ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' in [[1945]] and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' in [[1961]] received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His [[1952]] play ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' (dedicated to his boyfriend, Frank Merlo), received the [[Tony Award]] for best play. Genre critics maintain that Williams wrote in the [[Southern Gothic]] style.{{GFDL}} | + | '''Thomas Lanier Williams III''' ([[March 26]], [[1911]] – [[February 25]], [[1983]]), better known by the [[pseudonym]] '''Tennessee Williams''', was an [[United States|American]] [[gay]] [[playwright]]. He won the [[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] for ''[[A Streetcar Named Desire (play)|A Streetcar Named Desire]]'' in [[1948]] and for ''[[Cat on a Hot Tin Roof]]'' in [[1955]]. In addition to those two plays, ''[[The Glass Menagerie]]'' in [[1945]] and ''[[The Night of the Iguana]]'' in [[1961]] received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His [[1952]] play ''[[The Rose Tattoo]]'' (dedicated to his boyfriend, Frank Merlo), received the [[Tony Award]] for best play. Genre critics maintain that Williams wrote in the [[Southern Gothic]] style.{{GFDL}} |
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Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pseudonym Tennessee Williams, was an American gay playwright. 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 to those two plays, The Glass Menagerie in 1945 and The Night of the Iguana in 1961 received the New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo (dedicated to his boyfriend, Frank Merlo), received the Tony Award for best play. Genre critics maintain that Williams wrote in the Southern Gothic style.
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