Tennesee+Williams

Thomas Lanier Williams is his real name and his pen name is tennesee williams. Born on March 26, 1911 in Columbus, Mississippi. He moved to New Orleans and changed his name from "Tom" to "Tennessee" which was the state of his father's birth. Tennessee Williams met and fell in love with Frank Merlo in 1947 .(He is a homosexual). On February 24, 1983, Tennessee Williams choked to death on a bottle cap at his New York City.
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In 1927, williams started to really get interested in literature when he got 3rd place in the national essay competition. In 1929 he got in the university of Missuori. williams followed up his first real deal with several broadway hits. He received his first Pulitzer Prize in 1948 for //A Streetcar Named Desire.// Among his many awards, he won two Pulitzer Prizes and four New York Drama Critics' Circle Awards. //Candles to the Sun Battle of Angels// //The Glass Menagerie A Streetcar Named Desire// Summer and Smoke A Rose Tattoo Camino Real He recieved his first his first pulitizer prize for //A Streetcar Named Desire.// He recieved four New York drama Critics' circle Awards. //Cat on a Hot Tin Roof//, Which was another pulitizer prize. He wrote plays and broadways. Modern Period.
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Used his own familial relationships as inspiration. Old fastion.
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