Arthur Miller was one of the major dramatists of the twentieth century. In the years before his death he often was called the “greatest living American playwright”. He earned this reputation during a career of more than seventy years, from his first plays as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan in the 1930s to his achieved critical success in the 1940s with
All My Sons(1947) and
Death of a Salesman(1949). In the 1950s he wrote
The Crucible(1953) and
A View from the Bridge(1955), refused to “name names” at his appearance before the House Un-American Activities Committee (HUAC), and had a celebrated marriage to the film actress Marilyn Monroe. He produced a critically acclaimed autobiography,
Timebends(1987), and premiered new plays on Broadway and in London in the…
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Citation: Marino, Stephen. "Arthur Miller". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 16 May 2008 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/speople.php?rec=true&UID=3116, accessed 25 November 2024.]
