Lillian Hellman: Quick Facts

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Born	June 20, 1905 • New Orleans • Louisiana
Died	June 30, 1984 (aged 79) • Massachusetts
Notable Works	“Another Part of the Forest” • “Searching Wind, The” • “The Children’s Hour” • “The Little Foxes” • “Toys in the Attic” • “Watch on the Rhine”

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James Baldwin stands against a plain background in a dress shirt and tie, arms crossed, holding a cigarette, looking directly at the camera.

James Baldwin

American author

Sylvia Plath

Sylvia Plath

American author

Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller

American playwright

Ruth Gordon

Ruth Gordon

American writer and actress

Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal

American writer

Daniel Berrigan

Daniel Berrigan

American priest and poet

H.D.

H.D.

American poet

The man who owned Broadway

George M. Cohan

American composer and dramatist

McCullers, Carson

Carson McCullers

American author

Portrait of Tennessee Williams wearing a suit and tie, looking toward the camera with a slight smile.

Tennessee Williams

American playwright

Suzan-Lori Parks, 2006

Suzan-Lori Parks

American playwright

James Thurber, 1955.

James Thurber

American writer and cartoonist

Amiri Baraka, c. 1964

Amiri Baraka

American writer

Christopher Isherwood

Christopher Isherwood

British-American author

Mae West as Sister Annie Alden in Klondike Annie wears a large purple feathered hat and matching dress, with blonde curls and chandelier earrings, against a blue curtain backdrop.

Mae West

American actress

Tony Kushner

Tony Kushner

American dramatist

William Styron

William Styron

American author

Schulberg, Budd

Budd Schulberg

American screenwriter, novelist, and journalist

Clare Boothe Luce

Clare Boothe Luce

American playwright and statesman

Ring Lardner.

Ring Lardner

American writer