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Born November 1765 • Boston • Massachusetts
Died September 2, 1793 (aged 27) • North Carolina
Notable Works “The Power of Sympathy, or the Triumph of Nature Founded in Truth”
Connelly, Marc
Marc Connelly
American playwright
Ade, George
George Ade
American playwright
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James Goldman
American playwright, screenwriter, and novelist
Woody Allen speaking into a microphone with hands raised beside his face during a press conference, against a red background.
Woody Allen
American director, writer, and actor
Portrait of American dramatist Eugene O'Neill in 1936, showing him in a suit and tie with a serious expression and a neatly groomed mustache.
Eugene O’Neill
American dramatist
Henry James
Henry James
American writer
Ernest Hemingway
Ernest Hemingway
American writer
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
Cormac McCarthy
Cormac McCarthy
American author
Sylvia Plath
Sylvia Plath
American author
Joan Didion, 1970
Joan Didion
American author
Edmund White
Edmund White
American author
Kurt Vonnegut
Kurt Vonnegut
American novelist
Garson Kanin
Garson Kanin
American writer and director
Ishmael Reed
Ishmael Reed
American author
Sam Shepard
Sam Shepard
American playwright and actor
Wolfe, Thomas
Thomas Wolfe
American author
Gore Vidal
Gore Vidal
American writer
Larry David wearing glasses, a gray shirt, striped tie, and dark suit jacket, smiling at the camera.
Larry David
American comedian, writer, and actor
H.D.
H.D.
American poet