1936 Nobel Laureate in Literature
for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy.
Background
- Oct 16, 1888 - Nov 27, 1953
- Place of Birth: New York, USA
- Biographical highlights:
- 1909 - Prospects for gold in Honduras
- 1911 - Returns to New York City and becomes a sailor
- 1912-1914 - Recovers from tuberculosis
- 1914 - Attends George Pierce Baker's playwrighting workshop in Harvard
- 1920 - Pulitzer Prize for Beyond the Horizon
- 1921 - Pulitzer Prize for Anna Christie
- 1928 - Pulitzer Prize for Strange Interlude
- 1936 - First American Playwright awarded Nobel Prize in Literature
- 1953 - Dies and buried in Forest Hills Cemetery in Boston
- 1956 - Pulitzer Prize posthumously awarded for Long Days Journey into NightLong Days Journey into Night
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