William Saroyan

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essayist human novelist playwright screenwriter short story writer writer

William Saroyan was an Armenian-American writer and playwright renowned for his warm, humanistic short stories and plays, including the Pulitzer Prize-winning drama "The Time of Your Life."

Aliases (1)

Saroyan ×1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	essayist → human → novelist → playwright → screenwriter → short story writer → writer →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Story → Pulitzer Prize for Drama →
basedOn	Armenian immigrant experience in California →
burialPlace	Armenia →
causeOfDeath	cancer →
child	Aram Saroyan → Lucy Saroyan →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1908-08-31 →
dateOfDeath	1981-05-18 →
educatedAt	Fresno High School →
ethnicity	Armenian →
gender	male →
genre	drama → novel → short story →
hasSignatureWork	The Time of Your Life →
heritage	Armenian-American →
influenced	American literature →
influencedBy	Armenian culture →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	humanism →
notableWork	My Heart’s in the Highlands → My Name Is Aram → The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze → The Human Comedy → The Time of Your Life →
occupation	playwright → screenwriter → writer →
placeOfBirth	Fresno, California, United States →
placeOfDeath	Fresno, California, United States →
pseudonym	Sirak Goryan →
religion	Armenian Apostolic Church →
residence	Fresno, California, United States → Paris, France → San Francisco, California, United States →
screenStoryFor	The Human Comedy (film) →
spouse	Carol Marcus →
workLocation	California, United States →
writingStyle	warm and humanistic →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
My Name Is Aram → The Human Comedy →	author
Don Saroyan ("Saroyan") →	familyName
The Human Comedy →	filmScreenplayBy
Saroyan Theatre →	namedAfter