Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams was an American writer of the mid-20th century. His most famous works are the plays A Streetcar Named Desire, published in 1947 and Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, published in 1955.

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• Lifetime: 26 March 1911 • 25 February 1983
• Main genre: Plays
• Works: 39 plays, 2 novels, short stories, short plays (one-act), some poetry, some essays and a memoir.
• Mid-2026 popularity rank:  63 • Trending ►

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"The future is called "perhaps," which is the only possible thing to call the future. And the important thing is not to allow that to scare you."