Tennessee Williams






Tennessee Williams

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born
March 26, 1911

died
February 25, 1983

gender
male

place of birth
Columbus, Mississippi, The United States

genre
Theater

influences
Anton Chekhov, D.H. Lawrence


about this author

Thomas Lanier Williams III, better known by the nickname Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright of the twentieth century who received many of the top theatrical awards for his work. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee," the state of his father's birth. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo (dedicated to his lover, Frank Merlo), received the Tony Award for best play.




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The Glass Menagerie The Glass Menagerie
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.57 — 10,425 ratings — published 1945
43 editions
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A Streetcar Named Desire A Streetcar Named Desire
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.91 — 8,256 ratings — published 1947
54 editions
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Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 4.02 — 2,528 ratings — published 1955
32 editions
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Suddenly Last Summer Suddenly Last Summer
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.89 — 614 ratings — published 1967
4 editions
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The Night of the Iguana The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.79 — 519 ratings — published 1962
9 editions
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Summer and Smoke Summer and Smoke
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.81 — 292 ratings — published 1948
2 editions
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Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird... Three by Tennessee: Sweet Bird of Youth; The Rose Tattoo; The Night of the Iguana
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 4.22 — 174 ratings — published 1976
6 editions
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The Rose Tattoo The Rose Tattoo
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.76 — 192 ratings — published 1955
7 editions
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Orpheus Descending Orpheus Descending
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 3.99 — 141 ratings — published 1998
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Collected Stories Collected Stories (A New Directions Book)
by Tennessee Williams
avg rating 4.24 — 132 ratings — published 1985
7 editions
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"A prayer for the wild at heart kept in cages."
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