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'''Eugene O'Neill''' was an [[American]] [[playwright]] "famous for the bleak and tragic tone of his plays, which persistently examine the crushed hopes and dreams of the underprivileged." [http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill]
'''Eugene O'Neill''' (1888-1953) was an [[American]] [[playwright]] "famous for the bleak and tragic tone of his plays, which persistently examine the crushed hopes and dreams of the underprivileged."<ref>http://www.encyclopediaproject.net/wiki/Eugene_O%27Neill</ref> His best-known plays include:
*''Anna Christie'';
*''Desire Under the Elms'';
*''Mourning Becomes Electra'';
*''Ah, Wilderness'';
*''The Iceman Cometh'';
*''Long Day's Journey into Night''; and
*''A Moon for the Misbegotten''.
Four of his plays were awarded the [[Pulitzer Prize]], and O'Neill received the [[Nobel Prize for Literature]] in 1936 "for the power, honesty and deep-felt emotions of his dramatic works, which embody an original concept of tragedy".<ref>http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1936/index.html</ref> He is regarded as "one of the greatest playwrights in American history".<ref>http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/database/oneill_e.html</ref>
==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/oneill/timeline/index.html Eugene O'Neill chronology]
*[http://www.eoneill.com/ eOneill.com: An Electronic Eugene O'Neill Archive]
*[http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1936/index.html The Nobel Prize in Literature 1936]
*[http://www.nps.gov/euon/ Eugene O'Neill National Historic Site]
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