Birthday: March 26, 1911 (Aries)
Born In: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
Tennessee Williams, one of the greatest playwrights of the 20th century, was the man behind unforgettable characters like Blanche DuBois and Stanley Kowalski. He gave the audience characters that they were going to remember for the rest of their life. His plays were a crystal clear vision of the life down South and the different forms and strata of the human society. He has been rightly called the Master playwright, the greatest Southern playwright in the history of American Drama. Just like his characters, he too was troubled and self-destructive. He was addicted to drugs and was a hardcore alcoholic. His plays are autobiographical in nature and we can see glimpses of his own life in his plays. He was a fan of the concept called ‘poetic realism’—when one watches the same thing over and over again, the act seems to take on a symbolic meaning after some time. His plays were filled with extremities which were justified because he believed they were a part of the human condition. What Williams wrote was very honest and came from a heart that had endured everything that he wrote about. His vulnerability was what that made his work so much more important. His genius lay in his heartfelt struggle to tell the world his innermost stories.
Birthday: March 26, 1911 (Aries)
Born In: Columbus, Mississippi, United States
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Also Known As: Thomas Lanier Williams III
Died At Age: 71
father: Cornelius Coffin Williams
mother: Edwina Williams
siblings: Dakin Williams, Rose Williams
Born Country: United States
Quotes By Tennessee Williams Playwrights
Died on: February 25, 1983
place of death: New York, New York, United States
Ancestry: British American
Notable Alumni: Actors Studio, University Of Missouri, Columbia
Cause of Death: Choked To Death
U.S. State: Mississippi
education: University Of Iowa, Washington University In St. Louis, University Of Missouri, Columbia, Actors Studio
awards: 1959 - New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
- New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
1959 - Donaldson Award
1959 - Tony Award
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