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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I used to believe I had forever, now I'm not so sure. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Papa, you're crazy. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Rock Wagram, a novel. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Here comes, there goes, you know who. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Mama, I love you. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The tooth and my father. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The bicycle rider in Beverly Hills. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Look at us; let's see; here we are; look hard, speak soft; I see, you see, we all see; stop, look, listen; beholder's eye; don't look now, but isn't that you? (us? U.S.?) by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Three plays: My heart's in the Highlands, The time of your life, Love's old sweet song. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Jim Dandy, fat man in a famine; a play. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The laughing matter, a novel. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The whole voyald, and other stories. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Tracy's tiger. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Sons come and go, mothers hang in forever / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Chance meetings / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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My name is Saroyan / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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An Armenian trilogy / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Days of life and death and escape to the moon. by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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Madness in the family / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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The time of your life : a comedy in three acts / by Saroyan, William, 1908-1981
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