Dramatist Eugene O'Neill

Eugene O'Neill

Living place: New York City

Birthday: 16-10-1888

Global rank: #52644

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Who is Dramatist Eugene O'Neill?
Irish American screenwriter who received both the Nobel Prize for Literature (1936) and four Pulitzer Prizes for Drama (1920, 1922, 1928, 1957). His most famous dramatic works include Anna Christie, Desire Theo Elms, Strange Interlude, Mourning Becomes Electra, The Iceman Cometh, and The Night's Journey. (Ah, Wilderness!). His career as a playwright has been marked by dark, pessimistic dramas that often paint a bleak picture of family dysfunction.

Young / Before famous

He dropped out of Princeton University and later spent time both at sea and in a sanatorium (where he was treated for tuberculosis). After involving himself with Provincetown's theater troupe in 1916, he won the Pulitzer Prize in Drama for his debut play, Beyond the Horizon, which was shown on Broadway in 1920.

Family life info

He had two marriages-- briefly to Kathleen Jenkins and Agnes Boulton-- before marrying his third wife, Carlotta Monterey, in 1929. His eighteen-year-old daughter, Oona, married much-older Charlie Chaplin in 1943.

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Boy (girl) friend/ wife (husband)/ darling Dramatist Eugene O'Neill là ai?
O'Neill and T. S. Eliot both won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

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When was Dramatist Eugene O'Neill born?
Eugene O'Neill was born in 16-10-1888, death year is , at the age of 136.
Where is Dramatist Eugene O'Neill's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Eugene O'Neill was born in New York City, New York- United States. Là Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Libra, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rat. Eugene O'Neill's global rank is 52644 and whose rank is 47 in list of famous Dramatist.
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Events in 1888 and 16-10

Birthday Eugene O'Neill (16-10) in history

  • Day 16-10 year 1793: French Queen Marie Antoinette was beheaded for treason.
  • Day 16-10 year 1859: Abolitionist John Brown and his men captured the U.S. arsenal at Harper's Ferry.
  • Day 16-10 year 1916: Margaret Sanger opened the first birth-control clinic in New York City.
  • Day 16-10 year 1962: The Cuban Missile Crisis began.
  • Day 16-10 year 1964: China detonated its first atomic bomb.
  • Day 16-10 year 1978: John Paul II was elected pope.
  • Day 16-10 year 1995: Hundreds of thousands of black men gathered in Washington for the "Million Man March" led by Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan.
  • Day 16-10 year 2001: Twelve Senate offices were closed when a letter to Sen. Tom Daschle was found to contain anthrax.
  • Day 16-10 year 2002: The White House announced that North Korea had disclosed the existence of a secret nuclear weapons program.
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