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Also Known As William Motter Inge
Born May 3, 1913 • Independence • Kansas
Died June 10, 1973 (aged 60) • Los Angeles • California
Awards And Honors Academy Award (1962) • Pulitzer Prize (1953)
Notable Works “A Loss of Roses” • “Bus Stop” • “Come Back, Little Sheba” • “Picnic” • “Splendor in the Grass” • “The Dark at the Top of the Stairs”

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