William Saroyan

William Saroyan (n. 31 august 1908, Fresno, California, SUA – d. 18 mai 1981, Fresno, California, SUA) a fost un scriitor american de povestiri, romancier și dramaturg.

William Saroyan
Date personale
Născut	31 august 1908[1][2][3][4][5] Fresno, California, SUA[6][7]
Decedat	18 mai 1981 (72 de ani)[1][2][3][4][5] Fresno, California, SUA[7][8][9]
Înmormântat	Gerezman Vilyam Saroyani[*][[Gerezman Vilyam Saroyani (cultural heritage monument of Armenia; tomb)|​]][7] Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery[*][[Ararat Massis Armenian Cemetery (Armenian cemetery in Fresno, California, USA)|​]]
Cauza decesului	cauze naturale (cancer de prostată)
Căsătorit cu	Carol Grace[*][[Carol Grace (American actress (1924-2003))|​]]
Copii	Lucy Saroyan[*]​ Aram Saroyan[*]​
Cetățenie	Statele Unite ale Americii
Ocupație	scriitor dramaturg scenarist romancier[*]​ poet textier[*]​
Limbi vorbite	limba engleză[10] limba armeană
Activitate
Alma mater	Fresno High School[*][[Fresno High School (high school in California, United States)|​]]
Rude	Ross Bagdasarian[*]​
Premii	Premiul Oscar pentru cea mai bună poveste originală (1943) Premiul Pulitzer pentru Dramaturgie (1940)[11]
Semnătură
Prezență online
Internet Movie Database
Modifică date / text

Lucrări

Piese de teatru

• The Time of Your Life (1939) – a câștigat Premiul Pulitzer
• My Heart's in the Highlands (Inima mea este pe înălțimi, 1939)
• Elmer and Lily (1939)
• Three plays - Trei piese (1940):

• My heart’s in the Highlands
• The time of your life
• Love’s old sweet song

• The Agony of Little Nations (1940)
• Subway Circus (1940)
• Hello Out There (1941)
• Across the Board on Tomorrow Morning (1941)
• The Beautiful People (1941)
• Bad Men in the West (1942)
• Talking to You (1942)
• Coming Through the Rye (1942)
• Don't Go Away Mad (1947)
• Jim Dandy (1947)
• The Slaughter of the Innocents (1952)
• The Oyster and the Pearl (Stridia și perla, 1953)
• The Stolen Secret (1954)
• A Midsummer Daydream (Television Play) (1955)
• The Cave Dwellers (1958)
• Sam, The Highest Jumper Of Them All, or the London Comedy (1960)
• Hanging around the Wabash (1961)
• The Dogs, or the Paris Comedy (1969)
• Armenian (1971)
• Assassinations (1974)
• Tales from the Vienna Streets (1980)
• An Armenian Trilogy (1986)
• The Parsley Garden (1992)

Cărți

• The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1935)
• Inhale and Exhale (1936)
• Three Times Three (1936)
• Little Children (1937)
• The Trouble With Tigers (1938)
• Peace, It's Wonderful (1939)
• Love Here Is My Hat (1938)
• My Name Is Aram (1940)
• Razzle-Dazzle (1942)
• The Human Comedy (1943)
• Get Away Old Man (1944)
• Dear Baby (1944)
• The Adventures of Wesley Jackson (1946)
• The Twin Adventures (1950)
• Rock Wagram (1951)
• Tracy's Tiger (1952)
• The Bicycle Rider in Beverly Hills (1952)
• The Laughing Matter (1953)
• Love (1955)
• The Whole Voyald and Other Stories (1956)
• Mama I Love You (1956)
• Papa You're Crazy (1957)
• Here Comes, There Goes, You Know Who (1962)
• Me: A Modern Masters Book for Children (1963), ilustrație de Murray Tinkelman^[12]
• Not Dying (1963)
• One Day in the Afternoon of the World (1964)
• Short Drive, Sweet Chariot (1966)
• I Used to Believe I Had Forever, Now I'm Not So Sure (1968)
• The Man with the Heart in the Highlands and other stories (1968)
• Letter from 74 rue Taitbout (1971)
• Places Where I've Done Time (1972)
• Days of Life and Death and Escape to the Moon (1973)
• Sons Come and Go, Mothers Hang In Forever (1976)
• Chance Meetings (1978)
• Obituaries (1979)
• Births (1983)
• My name is Saroyan (1983)
• Madness in the Family (1988)

Povestiri

• "1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8"
• "An Ornery Kind of Kid"
• "The Filipino and the Drunkard"
• "Gaston" (un necunoscut)
• "The Hummingbird That Lived Through Winter"
• "Knife-Like, Flower-Like, Like Nothing At All in the World" (1942)
• "The Mourner"
• "The Parsley Garden"
• "Resurrection of a Life" (1935)
• The Summer of the Beautiful White Horse (1938)
• "Seventy Thousand Assyrians" Arhivat în 8 ianuarie 2015, la Wayback Machine. (1934)
• "The Shepherd's Daughter"
• "Sweetheart Sweetheart Sweetheart"
• "Third day after Christmas" (1926)
• "Five Ripe Pears" (1935)
• "Pomegranate Trees" (an necunoscut)
• "Seventeen"

Vezi și

• Listă de dramaturgi americani
• Listă de piese de teatru americane
• Listă de scriitori americani
• Listă de scriitori armeni

Referințe și note

1. William Saroyan, Brockhaus Enzyklopädie, accesat în 9 octombrie 2017
2. William Saroyan, Discogs, accesat în 9 octombrie 2017
3. William Saroyan, Gran Enciclopèdia Catalana
4. William Saroyan, Internet Speculative Fiction Database, accesat în 9 octombrie 2017
5. William Saroyan, Internet Broadway Database, accesat în 9 octombrie 2017
6. Сароян Уильям, Marea Enciclopedie Sovietică (1969–1978)[*]​ |access-date= necesită |url= (ajutor)
7. Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran, hator 10[*][[Haykakan sovetakan hanragitaran, hator 10 (volume of the Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia)|​]] Verificați valoarea |titlelink= (ajutor)
8. Encyclopædia Britannica Online
9. Find a Grave
10. CONOR.SI[*]​ Verificați valoarea |titlelink= (ajutor)
11. https://www.pulitzer.org/prize-winners-by-category/218 Lipsește sau este vid: |title= (ajutor)
12. „Me: A Modern Masters Book For Children: William Saroyan, Murray Tinkelman: Amazon.com: Books”. amazon.com.

Legături externe

Commons

Wikimedia Commons conține materiale multimedia legate de William Saroyan

• en William Saroyan la Internet Broadway Database
• William Saroyan la Internet Movie Database
• The William Saroyan Society.
• William Saroyan article on Armeniapedia.org.
• William Saroyan at Parajanov.com I Saw The Mighty Armenia
• The William Saroyan Literary Foundation Intl.
• Web site of the documentary film William Saroyan : The Man, The Writer, by Paul and Susie Kalinian.
• Fred Finch Youth Center

Format:PulitzerPrize DramaAuthors 1926-1950 Format:AcademyAwardBestStory 1940–1956