Birth Name: Tennessee Williams
Occupation: Playwright
Place Of Birth: Mississippi
Date Of Birth: March 26, 1911
Date Of Death: February 25, 1983
Cause Of Death: N/A
Ethnicity: White
Nationality: American
Tennessee Williams was born on the 26th of March, 1911. He was popular for being a Playwright. Historic playwright who wrote the classic plays A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, The Glass Menagerie, Sweet Bird of Youth, and Summer and Smoke. A Streetcar Named Desire was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948 and is widely considered one of the greatest plays of the 20th century.
Tennessee Williams was born in Mississippi. He studied journalism at the University of Missouri and Colombia University. After falling in love with a girl who didn’t return his love, he began writing poetry, essays, stories, and plays. A Tennessee Williams New Orleans Literary Festival takes place in March of every year to commemorate his career. The festival began in 1986, three years after his death. There is also a theatre named after him in Key West, Florida.
Tennessee Williams was a Aries and was born in the G.I. Generation.
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Childhood
Tennessee Williams was born in 1910s. The 1910s represented the culmination of European militarism. Discover what happened on this day.
Tennessee Williams is part of G.I. Generation also known as The Greatest Generation. This generation experienced much of their youth during the Great Depression and rapid technological innovation such as the radio and the telephone. The initials "G.I." is military terminology referring to "Government Issue" or "General Issue".
Education
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Family
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Personal Life
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Tennessee Williams was born in the Year of the Pig.
Fast Facts
| REAL NAME: | Tennessee Williams |
| NICKNAME: | Thomas |
| RELIGION: | Unknown |
| AGE GENERATION: | G.I. Generation |
| BIRTH SIGN: | Aries |
| BIRTH DAY: | Sunday |
| DEATH DAY: | Friday |
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Horoscope
Zodiac Sign: Tennessee Williams was a Aries. People of this zodiac sign like physical challenges, taking on leadership roles, individual sports and dislike inactivity, delays, and work that doesn't use one's talents. The strengths of this sign are being courageous, determined, confident, enthusiastic, optimistic, while weaknesses can be to be impatient, moody, short-tempered, impulsive and aggressive. The greatest overall compatibility with Aries is Libra and Leo.
Chinese Zodiac: Tennessee Williams was born in the Year of the Serpent. People born under this sign are nice and good-mannered. They're always forgiving of other people's mistakes, which at times can translate to naivete and gullibility.
Ruling Planet: Tennessee Williams had a ruling planet of Mars and has a ruling planet of Mars and by astrological associations Tuesday is ruled by Mars. This planet symbolizes the principle of assertive drive and energy. People who are born with Mars as the ruling planet have huge drive, aggression and commpetitiveness.
Tennessee Williams’s birth sign is Aries and he had a ruling planet of Mars.
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