The award he won for it brought him recognition and led him to consider a career as a playwright. After graduating from Abraham Lincoln High School, he worked at several menial jobs to pay for his college tuition.Īt the University of Michigan, Miller studied journalism and English, worked for the student paper, the Michigan Daily, and wrote his first play, No Villain.
The family moved to Gravesend, Brooklyn, where Arthur delivered bread every morning before school to help the family. His father was successful in the women’s clothing business, but lost almost everything in the Wall Street Crash of 1929. During this time, he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama testified before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC) and was married to Marilyn Monroe.Īrthur Asher Miller was born in Harlem, in upper Manhattan. Miller was often in the public eye, particularly during the late 1940s, 1950s and early 1960s. Death of a Salesman is on the short list of finest 20th-century American plays. He also wrote several screenplays and was most noted for his work on The Misfits (1961). Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953) and A View from the Bridge (1956). October 17 is the 100th birthdate of American author and playwright Arthur Miller.
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