Arthur Miller
Arthur Miller was born October 17, 1915 to Jewish-American parents, Isidore and Augusta Miller. Due to the Wall Street Crash of 1929, Miller's father lost his clothes and coat manufacturing company. Arthur Miller graduated from Abraham Lincoln High School in 1933. His family had no money to send him to college because of the effect of the Great Depression. Miller went on in life having many ups and downs but still prevailed and that is what made him the great play writer he is today.
While attending the University Of Michigan, Miller had numerous jobs to help pay his tuition. He majored in journalism, and became the reporter and night editor of the school paper. Around this time he wrote his first play, No Villain. Miller won his first award for this play. After winning the award, he switched his major to English. In 1937, Arthur Miller wrote Honors at Dawn, for which he won another award. He received his bachelors' degree in English in 1938. Soon after, he joined......
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