Tennessee Williams

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dramatist human memoirist playwright screenwriter short story writer

Tennessee Williams was a major 20th-century American playwright known for his emotionally intense, character-driven dramas set in the American South, such as "A Streetcar Named Desire" and "The Glass Menagerie."

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	dramatist ⓘ human ⓘ memoirist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived	New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Play Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ Tony Award ⓘ
causeOfDeath	choking ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1911-03-26 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	1983-02-25 ⓘ
educatedAt	University of Iowa ⓘ University of Missouri ⓘ Washington University in St. Louis ⓘ
ethnicGroup	White American ⓘ
familyName	Williams ⓘ
fullName	Thomas Lanier Williams III ⓘ
genre	Southern Gothic ⓘ surface form: Southern Gothic fiction drama ⓘ tragedy ⓘ
givenName	Thomas ⓘ
hasSibling	Rose Williams ⓘ
hasSignatureWork	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ surface form: The Glass Menagerie
influenced	American theatre ⓘ Arthur Miller ⓘ Edward Albee ⓘ
influencedBy	Anton Chekhov ⓘ D. H. Lawrence ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
mannerOfDeath	accidental death ⓘ
movement	Southern Gothic ⓘ modernism ⓘ realism ⓘ
notableWork	A Streetcar Named Desire ⓘ Camino Real ⓘ Cat on a Hot Tin Roof ⓘ Orpheus Descending ⓘ Suddenly, Last Summer ⓘ Summer and Smoke ⓘ Sweet Bird of Youth ⓘ The Glass Menagerie (stage) ⓘ surface form: The Glass Menagerie Night of the Iguana ⓘ surface form: The Night of the Iguana The Rose Tattoo ⓘ
occupation	essayist ⓘ memoirist ⓘ playwright ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Columbus, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfBurial	Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath	New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States
pseudonym	Tennessee Williams ⓘ
religion	Episcopalian ⓘ
residence	Key West, Florida ⓘ surface form: Key West, Florida, United States New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States
sexOrGender	male ⓘ
sexualOrientation	gay ⓘ
workLocation	New Orleans ⓘ surface form: New Orleans, Louisiana, United States New York City ⓘ surface form: New York City, New York, United States

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Southern Gothic → associatedWithAuthor → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

A Streetcar Named Desire → author → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Columbus, Mississippi, United States → birthplaceOf → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

subject surface form: Columbus, Mississippi

Williams → hasNotableBearer → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Tangier → hasNotableWriterAssociation → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

August Strindberg → influenced → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Carson McCullers → influenced → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

F. Scott Fitzgerald → influenced → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Hart Crane → influenced → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Edward Albee → influencedBy → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri, United States → notableBurial → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

subject surface form: Calvary Cemetery (St. Louis)

Tennessee Williams → pseudonym → Tennessee Williams ⓘ

Baby Doll → screenwriter → Tennessee Williams ⓘ