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."

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instanceOf essayist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
screenwriter ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Writing, Motion Picture Story ⓘ
surface form: 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 ⓘ
surface form: Fresno, California, United States
placeOfDeath Fresno ⓘ
surface form: Fresno, California, United States
pseudonym Sirak Goryan ⓘ
religion Armenian Apostolic Church ⓘ
residence Fresno ⓘ
surface form: Fresno, California, United States

Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France

San Francisco ⓘ
surface form: San Francisco, California, United States
screenStoryFor The Human Comedy ⓘ
surface form: The Human Comedy (film)
spouse Carol Marcus ⓘ
workLocation California, United States ⓘ
writingStyle warm and humanistic ⓘ

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My Name Is Aram → author → William Saroyan ⓘ
The Human Comedy → author → William Saroyan ⓘ
Don Saroyan → familyName → William Saroyan ⓘ
this entity surface form: Saroyan
The Human Comedy → filmScreenplayBy → William Saroyan ⓘ
Saroyan Theatre → namedAfter → William Saroyan ⓘ