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(1911-1983) Playwright, novelist. Tennessee Williams stayed at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York. In 1995 the United States Postal Service issued its twelfth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Tennessee Williams.

Full Name

Tennessee Williams

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline


Unknown

RESIDENCE

Williams stayed at the Algonquin Hotel in Manhattan, New York.

Unknown

OTHER

Williams studied at the New School University in Manhattan, New York.

1911

BIRTH

Thomas Lanier Williams (Tennessee Williams) was born in Columbus, Mississippi in 1911.

1940

LITWORK

Battle Of Angels


Play.

1945

LITWORK

The Glass Menagerie


Play.

1948

LITWORK

Summer And Smoke


Play.

1948

LITWORK

One Arm, and Other Stories


Collection of short stories.

1950

LITWORK

The Roman Spring Of Mrs. Stone


Novel.

1951

LITWORK

A Streetcar Named Desire


Play, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

1951

LITWORK

The Rose Tattoo


Play.

1955

LITWORK

Cat On A Hot Tin Roof


Play; winner of the Pulitzer Prize.

1972

LITWORK

Small Craft Warnings


Play.

1975

LITWORK

Moise and the World of Reason


Novel.

1983

DEATH

Tennessee Williams died in New York, New York in 1983.

1983

INTERMENT

Tennessee Williams was interred in Calvary Cemetery and Mausoleum, St. Louis, Missouri.

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