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Eugene O'Neill
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| Born | Eugene Gladstone O'Neill ()October 16, New York City, New York, U.S. |
| Died | November 27, () (aged&#;65) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Playwright |
| Notable awards | Nobel Prize in Literature () Pulitzer Prize for Drama (, , , ) Tony Award for Best Play () |
| Spouse | Kathleen Jenkins &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#;Agnes Boulton &#; &#; (m.&#;; div.&#;)&#; |
| Children | |
| Parents | James O'Neill Mary Ellen Quinlan |
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Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, &#; November 27, ) was an American playwright. He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in He won four Pulitzer Prizes throughout the s and one even after his death in
Early life
[change | change source]O'Neill was born on October 16, in a hotel room in New York City, New York.[1] He studied at Princeton University and at Harvard University. O'Neill's parents were immigrants from Ireland.
Career
[change | change source]O'Neill's best-known stage works include, Anna Christie (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, ), Desire Under the Elms (), Strange Interlude (for which he won the Pulitzer Prize, ), Mourning Becomes Electra (), and his only well-known comedy, Ah, Wilderness! ().
O'Neill won the Nobel Prize in Literature in He won four Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his works on stage.
Personal life
[change | change source]O'Neill was married to Kathleen Jenkins from until they divorced in They had one son. Then, he was married to Agnes Boulton from until they divorced in They had one son and one daughter. A granddaughter from this marriage is the actress Geraldine Chaplin.
After this divorce, he was married to Carlotta Monterey from until his death in O'Neill was an Agnostic.[2]
O'Neill was a anarchistsocialist.
Death
[change | change source]O'Neill died on November 27, at a hotel room in Boston, Massachusetts from cerebellar cortical atrophy, a neurological disease. He was 65 years old. As he was dying, he whispered his last words: "I knew it. I knew it. Born in a hotel room and died in a hotel room."[3]
Books
[change | change source]- O'Neill, Eugene; Bogard, Travis (). Complete Plays –. The Library of America. Vol.&#; New York: Literary Classics. ISBN&#;.
- O'Neill, Eugene; Bogard, Travis (). Complete Plays –. The Library of America. Vol.&#; New York: Literary Classics. ISBN&#;.
- O'Neill, Eugene; Bogard, Travis (). Complete Plays –. The Library of America. Vol.&#; New York: Literary Classics. ISBN&#;.
- Black, Stephen A. (). Eugene O'Neill: Beyond Mourning and Tragedy. Yale University press. ISBN&#;.
- Floyd, Virginia (). The Plays of Eugene O'Neill: A New Assessment. Frederick Unger. ISBN&#;.
- Gelb, Arthur & Barbara (). O'Neill: Life with Monte Christo. Applause/Penguin Putnam. ISBN&#;.
- Sheaffer, Louis () []. O'Neill Volume I: Son and Playwright. Cooper Square Press. ISBN&#;.
References
[change | change source]- ↑Arthur Gelb (). "O'Neill's Birthplace Is Marked By Plaque at Times Square Site". The New York Times. p.&#; Retrieved
- ↑John Patrick Diggins (). Eugene O'Neill's America: Desire Under Democracy. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ↑Sheaffer, Louis. O'Neill: Son and Artist. Little, Brown & Co., ISBN&#;