Thomas Lanier Williams III is a well known American playwright. Famous as Tennesse Williams, a majority of the influence for his plays is believed by many to come from his problematic family. With ten major plays and countless others as well as short stories, most drawing off his personal life, Tennesse Williams is one of the most interesting playwrights of the twentieth century. Born in Columbus Mississippi on march 26th 1911 Tennessee Williams lived for 71 years accomplishing many great works such as street car and the glass menagerie. his life went from everything from losing a sister to insanity, drug use, homosexuality, and depression for being born in missisipi to dieing in new York new York .
Williams followed up his first major critical success with several other Broadway hits including such plays as A Streetcar Named Desire, Summer and Smoke, A Rose Tattoo, and Camino Real. He received his first Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for A Streetcar Named Desire, and reached an even......
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