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ouraging each other and initiating a new trend in Negro literature. C. He was honored “ The Harlem Laureate” and “O. Henry of Harlem” D. He was a poet, play writer, novelist, songwriter, biographer, editor, newspaper columnist, translator and lecturer. E. He received many awards and honors for his writing. F. Famous poems: The Negro Speaks of Rivers, and collections of New Songs, and Shakespeare of Harlem. III. Drama 1. Introduction A. America did not have its own drama until the turn of the twentieth century. B. In 1906, there opened the New Theatre in Chicago which marked a wele to encourage experimental drama. C. After WWI, the plays by O’Neill reflected the upsurge of the American theatres and O’Neill became America’s foremost playwright. D. America’s most widely discussed playwrights since WWII have been Tennessee Williams and Arthur Miller. 2. Eugene O’Neill (18881953) A. He began a new epoch of American Drama and in 1936 he got the Nobel Prize for his famous and original plays. B. O’Neill was born in a Broadway hotel on Oct. 16th, 1888. C. Famous plays: The Hairy Ape, Desire under the Elms, Mourning Bees Electra, Ah, Wilderness. 3. Tennessee Williams (1911) A. At 16 he won a prize in a national writing contest and at 17 he saw his first short story printed in Weird Tales. B. He got his . from the University of Iowa in 1938. C. He is a novelist, short storywriter, and a poet and playwright. D. Works: The Glass Menagerie, A Streetcar Named Desire, Suddenly Last Summer 4. Arthur Miller (1915) A. He went to the University of Michigan, where he began writing plays and became interested in socialism. B. He is a playwright of social philosophy, concerned with the inner thoughts of individuals and their conflicts with the morality of their society. C. His main works: Death of A Salesman, The Crucible, Incident At Vichy and The Price.