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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS(1911-1983)

ABOUT TENNESSEE WILLAIMS:

Thomas Lanier "Tennessee" Williams lll (March 26, 1911-Februrary 25,1983) was an American Playwright and author of many stage classics. He is considered one of the foremost playwrights in 20th^ Century American drama. After years of obscurity, he became suddenly famous with The Glass Menagerie (1944), closely reflecting his own unhappy family background. This heralded a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), and Sweet Bird of Youth (1959). His later work attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences, and alcohol and drug dependence further inhibited his creative output. His drama A Streetcar Named Desire is often numbered on the short list of the finest American plays of the 20th century alongside Long Day's Journey into Night and Death of a Salesman. Much of Williams' most acclaimed work was adapted for the cinema. He also wrote short stories, poetry, essays and a volume of memoirs. In 1979, four years before his death, Williams was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.

CHILDHOOD Thomas Lanier Williams III was born in Columbus. the second child of Edwina Dakin (1884-1980) and Cornelius Coffin (C. C.) Williams (1879-1957).[2]:11His father was an alcoholic traveling

shoe salesman who spent much of his time away from home. His mother, Edwina, was the daughter of Rose O. Dakin, a music teacher, and the Reverend Walter Dakin, an Episcopal priest who was assigned to a parish in Clarksdale, Mississippi, shortly after Williams' birth. Williams' early childhood was spent in the parsonage there. Williams had two siblings, sister Rose Isabel Williams (1909–1996) and brother Walter Dakin William (1915–2008).