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=Tennessee Williams=

Overview
== Tennesse Williams was born on march 26, 1911. His real name is Thomas Lanier. He was not attached to his family. His father had a favorite child, which wasn't Tennessee. His mother was obsessed with living the southern life and none of his siblings paid attention to him. "Who could have foretold that this shy, sickly, confused young man would become one of America's most famous playwrights." Tennessess' play writings were not very popular when they were new. It took almost half a decade for him to be noticed.

Central Point
Williams wrote about thirty play that were full length. He has written many essays, short stories, and some short plays as well. He received two Pulitzer Prizes. Williams was also the first person to receive a Pulitzer Prize for drama, in 1947. //The Glass Menagerie// was his most famous play and it opened on Broadway in 1945. Many actors were said to become famous from starring in Williams' plays. Williams became a very well known author of plays by the 1950's. "R. Barton Palmer notes that Williams had more influence on the development of American cinema than any other twentieth century playwright." This statement sums up how good Tennessee Williams was at writing plays.

Conclusion
Williams died on February 23, 1983 in a hotel on New York. Williams had a tough start with all of his work. He continued to write and eventually became one of the most well known play writers in America. Many of his plays are still performed today and his plays are an on-going legend.