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Tennessee Williams (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983) born Thomas Lanier Williams, was an American playwright who received many of the top theatrical awards for his works of drama. He moved to New Orleans in 1939 and changed his name to "Tennessee", the Southeastern U.S. state, his fathers birthplace.
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire (A Streetcar Named Desire (play)) in 1948 and for Cat on a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition, The Glass Menagerie (1945) and The Night of the Iguana (1961) received New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play. In 1980 he was presented with the Presidential Medal of Freedom by President Jimmy Carter.
Date of birth: 1911-03-26
Birth Location: Columbus, Mississippi, Columbus, Mississippi, U.S.A.
Date of death: 1983-02-25
Death Location: New York City, New York, U.S.A.
Occupation: Playwright
Genre: Southern Gothic
Period: 1930-1983
Influences: Anton Chekhov,D. H. Lawrence,August Strindberg,Hart Crane