EUGENE GLADSTONE O'NEILL

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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