Eugene Gladstone O'Neill (October 16, 1888 – November 27, 1953) was an American playwright and Nobel laureate in literature. His poetically titled plays were among the first to introduce into U.S. drama techniques of realism earlier associated with Russian playwright Anton Chekhov, Norwegian playwright Henrik Ibsen, and Swedish playwright August Strindberg. The tragedy Long Day's Journey into Night is often numbered on the short list of the finest U.S. plays in the 20th century, alongside Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire and Arthur Miller's Death of a Salesman. O'Neill's plays were among the first to include speeches in American English vernacular and involve characters on the fringes of society. They struggle to maintain their hopes and aspirations, but ultimately slide into disillusionment and despair. Of his very few comedies, only one is well-known (Ah, Wilderness!). Nearly all of his other plays involve some degree of tragedy and personal pessimism. Description above from the Wikipedia article Eugene O'Neill, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Birthday: October 16, 1888
Death: November 27, 1953
May 30, 1968
November 10, 1973
September 29, 1933
November 19, 1947
April 13, 1987
March 12, 1958
May 27, 1975
July 02, 1944
March 10, 1973
March 12, 1933
January 02, 1939
January 02, 1946
January 02, 1946
January 02, 1974
January 02, 1964
July 17, 1975
January 02, 1967
December 22, 1930
November 24, 1923
December 30, 1932
May 05, 2023
November 23, 1982
October 24, 2020
November 14, 1960
November 16, 1940
October 09, 1962
February 21, 1930
December 25, 1935
May 04, 1990
July 29, 1923
January 27, 1982
April 16, 1928
April 15, 1948
August 11, 1959
Invalid Date
October 13, 1976
March 30, 1958
October 05, 1981
November 16, 2004
March 27, 1980
July 13, 1988
September 06, 1983
January 01, 1977
January 01, 2014
March 11, 2017
November 08, 1996
November 22, 2010
March 21, 1966
Invalid Date