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Eugene O'Neill






Eugene O'Neill

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born
December 13, 1901

died
November 27, 1953

gender
male

place of birth
New York, New York, The United States

genre
Literature & Fiction, Theater


about this author

Eugene Gladstone O'Neill was an American playwright who won the 1936 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy." More than any other dramatist, O'Neill introduced American drama to the dramatic realism pioneered by Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg, and was the first to use true American vernacular in his speeches. His plays involve characters who inhabit the fringes of society, engaging in depraved behavior, where they struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. O'Neill wrote only one comedy (Ah, Wi...more




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Long Day's Journey into Night Long Day's Journey into Night
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 4.08 — 2,265 ratings — published 1950
20 editions
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The Iceman Cometh The Iceman Cometh
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 4.01 — 611 ratings — published 1947
10 editions
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A Moon for the Misbegotten A Moon for the Misbegotten
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.97 — 258 ratings — published 1953
8 editions
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Mourning Becomes Electra Mourning Becomes Electra
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.91 — 261 ratings — published 1932
6 editions
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Three Plays: Desire Under The... Three Plays: Desire Under The Elms, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 4.01 — 186 ratings — published 1931
2 editions
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Desire Under the Elms Desire Under the Elms
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.64 — 196 ratings — published 1995
4 editions
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The Hairy Ape The Hairy Ape
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.32 — 182 ratings — published 1965
10 editions
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The Emperor Jones The Emperor Jones
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.26 — 145 ratings — published 1960
5 editions
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Ah, Wilderness! Ah, Wilderness!
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.33 — 66 ratings — published 1934
4 editions
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Anna Christie Anna Christie
by Eugene O'Neill
avg rating 3.38 — 50 ratings — published 2006
7 editions
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"Curiosity killed the cat, and satisfaction brought it back."
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"I am so far from being a pessimist...on the contrary, in spite of my scars, I am tickled to death at life."
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"Man is born broken. He lives by mending. The grace of God is glue."
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