Quick Facts About William Saroyan
- Born
- August 31, 1908
- Died
- May 18, 1981
- Nationality
- United States
- Profession
- Novelist
- Notable works
- The human comedy
- Known for
- The Human Comedy, My Name Is Aram, The Time of Your Life, Seventy thousand Assyrians
- Spouse
- Carol Grace
About William Saroyan
He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 he received the Academy Award for Best Story for the film The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240‑page treatment, he rewrote it as the novel The Human Comedy.
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