Eugene O’Neill: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Eugene Gladstone O’Neill
Born	October 16, 1888 • New York City • New York
Died	November 27, 1953 (aged 65) • Boston • Massachusetts
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize • Nobel Prize (1936)
Notable Works	“A Moon for the Misbegotten” • “Ah, Wilderness!” • “Anna Christie” • “Beyond the Horizon” • “Bound East for Cardiff” • “Desire Under the Elms” • “Long Day’s Journey into Night” • “More Stately Mansions” • “Mourning Becomes Electra” • “Strange Interlude” • “The Emperor Jones” • “The Great God Brown” • “The Hairy Ape” • “The Iceman Cometh”
Notable Family Members	father James O’Neill

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