William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy.
An Armenian American, Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are The Time of Your Life, My Name Is Aram, My Heart's in the Highlands, and The Human Comedy.
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Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1981 |
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William Saroyan
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Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer (1908-1981)
| Born | 1908 |
| Died | 1981 |
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Fiction, American Authors, Biography, American Short stories, American literature, Drama, Families, American drama, Authors, American, Classic Literature, Armenian Americans, Death, Family, Friends and associates, General, Interpersonal relations, Saroyan, william, 1908-1981, Short stories, American fiction, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Brothers and sisters, California, fiction, Children's fiction, Children's literature, Children: Grades 7-9Places
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William Saroyan (1908-), William Saroyan (1908-1981), Amanda Wingfield, Billy Colman, Grandpa, Jim O'Connor, Laura Wingfield, Little Ann, Mama, Mrs. Pritchard, Old Dan, Old Man Pritchard, Papa, Rainie, Rubin, Tom Wingfield, Adolf Hitler (1889-1945), Al Devarine, Alfred Doolittle, Benito Mussolini (1883-1945), Bernard, Biff, Caddy, Calouste Gulbenkian, Carl SandburgID Numbers
- OLID: OL151016A
- ISNI: 0000000121251480
- VIAF: 27071357
- Wikidata: Q207356
- Inventaire.io: wd:Q207356
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- Saroyan, William, 1908-
- William SAROYAN
- W. SAROYAN
- William Saroyan
- W. Saroyan
- W SAROYAN
- Bill Saroyan
- Saroyan William
- Вильям Сароян
- В. Сароян
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