William Saroyan
William Saroyan (; August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film ''The Human Comedy''. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, ''The Human Comedy.''Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are ''The Time of Your Life'', ''My Name Is Aram'' and '' My Heart's in the Highlands''. His two collections of short stories from the 1930s, ''Inhale Exhale'' (1936) and ''The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze'' (1941) are regarded as among his major achievements and essential documents of the cultural history of the period on the American West Coast.
He has been described in a Dickinson College news release as "one of the most prominent literary figures of the mid-20th century" and by Stephen Fry as "one of the most underrated writers of the [20th] century." Fry suggests that "he takes his place naturally alongside Hemingway, Steinbeck and Faulkner". Kurt Vonnegut has said that Saroyan was "the first and still the greatest of all the American minimalists.” Provided by Wikipedia
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The human comedy / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The Saroyan special; selected short stories. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Hairenik, 1934-1939; an anthology of short stories and poems by young Armenian writers in the United States, and translations of selected short stories from the original Armenian,... by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Places where I've done time. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Not dying. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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One day in the afternoon of the world. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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My name is Aram, by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The cave dwellers; a play. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Boys and girls together. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Inhale & exhale. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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A lost child's fireflies / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Sam Ego's house / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The dogs, or the Paris comedy / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The ping-pong game / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The people with light coming out of them / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The cave dwellers / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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A decent birth, a happy funeral / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The poetic situation in America since Alexander Dumas and several others / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Opera, opera / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Bad men in the west / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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