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Tennessee Williams I. Introduction to Tennessee Williams Thomas Lanier Williams III (March 26, 1911 – February 25, 1983), better known by the pen name Tennessee Williams, was a major American playwright and one of the prominent playwrights in the twentieth century. The name Tennessee was a name given to him by college friends because of his southern accent and his fathers background in Tennessee. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for A Streetcar Named Desire in 1948 and for Cat On a Hot Tin Roof in 1955. In addition to those two plays, The Glass Menagerie in 1944 and The Night of the Iguana in 1961 received the New York Drama Critics Circle Awards. His 1952 play The Rose Tattoo received the Tony Award for best play. 托马斯·拉尼尔·威廉斯三世（Thomas Lanier Williams III，1911年3月26日－1983年2月25日），以笔名田纳西·威廉斯（Tennessee Williams）闻名于世，是一位美国的，同时也是二十世纪最重要的剧作家之一。他于1948年及1955年分别以他的《欲望街车》（A Streetcar Named Desire）及《热铁皮屋顶上的猫》（Cat on A Hot Tim Roof）赢得普利策戏剧奖。除此之外，《玻璃动物园》（The Glass Menagerie）在1945年以及《大蜥蜴之夜》（The Night of the Iguana ）在1961年拿下纽约戏剧评论奖（New York Drama Critics Circle Award）。1952年他的《玫瑰刺青》（The Rose Tattoo）获得东尼奖最佳戏剧的殊荣。 Tennessee Williamss family life was a troubled one that provided inspiration for much of his writings. He was born in Columbus, Mississippi, and his family moved to Clarksdale, Mississippi by the time he was 3. In 1918, the family moved again to St. Louis, Missouri. His father, Cornelius Williams, was a travelling shoe salesman who became increasingly abusive as his children grew older. Edwina Williams, Tennessees mother, was a descendant of genteel southern life, and was somewhat smothering. Dakin Williams, Tennessees brother, was often favored over Tennessee by their father. Williams wrote his first publicly performed play, Cairo, Shanghai, Bombay! in 1935. Williams lived in the French Quarter of New Orleans, Louisiana. He first moved there in 1939 to write for the WPA and lived first at 722 Toulouse Street (now a bed and breakfast). He wrote A Streetcar Named