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    Tennessee Williams was an American playwright born in 1911 who wrote acclaimed plays such as The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. The document provides biographical details about Williams, including his upbringing and education, and then summarizes his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire, noting its characters, adaptations, cultural references, and use in revivals.

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    Most famous drama: "A streetcar named desire"

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    Tennessee Williams was an American playwright born in 1911 who wrote acclaimed plays such as The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. The document provides biographical details about Williams, including his upbringing and education, and then summarizes his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire, noting its characters, adaptations, cultural references, and use in revivals.

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    Tennessee Williams was an American playwright born in 1911 who wrote acclaimed plays such as The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire. The document provides biographical details about Williams, including his upbringing and education, and then summarizes his Pulitzer Prize-winning play A Streetcar Named Desire, noting its characters, adaptations, cultural references, and use in revivals.

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    Tennesee Williams

    Nicols Palma
    American Literature, section 3
    November 17th, 2014

    Biography
    Thomas Lanier Tennessee Williams III
    1911-1983 (71 years old)
    Family
    o Father: hard-drinking shoe maker
    o Mother: Southern belle
    Education
    o Journalism
    o BA of arts in english
    The glass menagerie (1944)
    o Autobiographical elements

    A streetcar named desire


    1947
    Blanche DuBois, Stella Kowalski, and
    Stanley Kowalski
    Prizes
    o Pulitzer. Opera
    o Tony. Drama
    Adaptations
    o Film. 4 academy awards
    Cultural references (revivals)
    o The Simpsons
    Scenes
    12

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