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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." | + | '''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: |
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| + | *''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''. | ||
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| + | 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> | ||
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| + | ==References== | ||
| + | {{reflist}} | ||
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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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Revision as of 15:39, April 23, 2008
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."[1] 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".[2] He is regarded as "one of the greatest playwrights in American history".[3]