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Tennessee Williams was born on March 26, 1911[1], in Columbus[2]. He died on February 25, 1983[3], in New York City[4]. He worked as a playwright[5], novelist[6], screenwriter[7], poet[8], and writer[9]. He ranks in the top 0.44% of human entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,511 views/month, #4,364 of 1,000,298).[10]
Educated at: University of Iowa[21], Washington University in St. Louis[22], University of Missouri[23], The New School[24], University City High School[25], Soldan International Studies High School[26]
Award received: Pulitzer Prize for Drama[28], Tony Award for Best Play[29], St. Louis Literary Award[30], Kennedy Center Honors[31], Florida Artists Hall of Fame[32], Presidential Medal of Freedom[33], star on Playwrights' Sidewalk[34]
Member of: American Academy of Arts and Letters[35], American Academy of Arts and Sciences[36]
Influenced by: Anton Chekhov[37], August Strindberg[38], D. H. Lawrence[39], Hart Crane[40]
Archives at: Columbia University[46], University of Delaware Library Special Collections[47], UCLA Library Special Collections[48], Harry Ransom Center[49]
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Tennessee Williams has Wikipedia articles in 27 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] He is known by 46 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]
Works attributed to him include A Streetcar Named Desire[67], a literary work[68], founded in 1947[69]; Cat on a Hot Tin Roof[70], a literary work[71], founded in 1955[72], directed by Elia Kazan[73]; The Glass Menagerie[74], a literary work[75], founded in 1944[76]; Suddenly, Last Summer[77], a literary work[78]; The Rose Tattoo[79], a literary work[80]; and The Night of the Iguana[81], a literary work[82], founded in 1961[83].
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Where was Tennessee Williams born?
Tennessee Williams's place of birth was Columbus[2].
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