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Arthur Miller

American playwright and essayist, author of Death of a Salesman and The Crucible.

Arthur Asher Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City, with his family residing at 45 West 110th Street.[1] Over the course of more than seventy years, Miller produced a body of work that led many to regard him as one of the foremost dramatists of the twentieth century.[2][3] On February 10, 2005, which was the 56th anniversary of the Broadway premiere of Death of a Salesman, Miller passed away at his Roxbury, Connecticut home due to bladder cancer and heart failure; he was 89 years old.[4]

Quick Facts

Born
17 October 1915
Birth name
Arthur Asher Miller
Birthplace
Harlem, New York City, U.S.
Died
10 February 2005
Place of death
Roxbury, Connecticut, U.S.
Education
University of Michigan (BA)
Notable works
  • All My Sons
  • Death of a Salesman
  • The Crucible
  • A View from the Bridge
Partner
Agnes Barley (from 2002)

Facts from the source article.

Life and work

Isidore ran a women's clothing manufacturing business with a workforce of 400, but the family's financial situation was devastated by the 1929 Wall Street crash.[5][6] Initially studying journalism and contributing to the student paper, Miller later changed his major to English and received the Avery Hopwood Award for his initial play, No Villain.[7] All My Sons*, which premiered on Broadway in 1947, brought Miller his first Tony Award and solidified his standing as a playwright.[8] A small studio Miller constructed in Roxbury, Connecticut, in 1948 was where he completed the first act of Death of a Salesman within a single day.[9]

Miller wed Marilyn Monroe in June 1956, and the couple's marriage ended with a divorce finalized in January 1961.[10][11] Elected in 1965, Miller served a four-year term as the inaugural American president of PEN International.[12]

What the cited sources add

The Arthur Miller Society chronology notes that Miller was born on October 17, 1915, in New York City.[1] The same chronology states that in 1937 he took a playwriting class with Professor Kenneth T. Rowe.[1] The Guardian obituary reports that Miller's play All My Sons opened at the Coronet Theatre on January 29, 1947, directed by Elia Kazan, and ran for 328 performances.[2] The BBC On This Day account explains that Miller's conviction was overturned because the court ruled he had been misled by the chairman of the HUAC.[13]

According to a chronology from the Arthur Miller Society, the Soviet Union prohibited Miller's writings after his efforts to liberate dissident authors.[1] The same article notes that in his will, Miller designated Daniel as a full and direct beneficiary, receiving an equal share alongside his three other children.[14]

References

  1. "A Brief Chronology of Arthur Miller's Life and Works", The Arthur Miller Society. facts only, no text reused. ibiblio.org
  2. Ratcliffe, "Obituary: Arthur Miller", The Guardian, February 11, 2005, p. 25. facts only, no text reused. theguardian.com
  3. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "Obituary: Arthur Miller", BBC News, February 11, 2005; "Tributes to Arthur Miller", BBC, February 12, 2005; "Legacy of Arthur Miller", BBC, February 11, 2005; "Broadway lights go out for Arthur Miller", BBC, February 12, 2005 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  4. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Richard Christiansen, "Miller's last days reflected his life", Chicago Tribune, February 23, 2005; "Playwright Arthur Miller dies at age 89 – THEATER", Today.com, February 11, 2005; Leonardin, Tom, "Dramatist's last hours spent in home he shared with star", Irish Independent, February 12, 2005 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  5. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ratcliffe, "Arthur Miller", The Guardian, February 12, 2005; Arthur Miller, Timebends: A Life, A&C Black, 2012. p. 539. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  6. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: BBC TV Interview; Miller and Yentob; 'Finishing the Picture,' 2004; Miller, Arthur (June 22, 1998) American Summer: Before Air-Conditioning. The New Yorker. Retrieved on October 30, 2013.; Garner, "Miller: Life before and after Marilyn", The New York Times, June 2, 2009; The Times Arthur Miller Obituary, (London: The Times, 2005); Applebome, Peter. "Present at the Birth of a Salesman", The New York Times, January 29, 1999. Accessed February 8, 2019. "Mr. Miller was born in Harlem in 1915 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  7. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A Brief Chronology of Arthur Miller's Life and Works", The Arthur Miller Society (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  8. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: The Times Arthur Miller Obituary, (London: The Times, 2005); Royal National Theater: Platform Papers, 7. Arthur Miller (Battley Brothers Printers, 1995).; Shenton, "The man who HAS all the luck...", The Stage, March 14, 2008; Bigsby, "Arthur Miller: A Critical Study", Cambridge University Press, 2005, p. 301; Rifkin, Ron, "Arthur Miller" . BOMB Magazine. Fall 1994. Retrieved on July 18, 2012. (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  9. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: "A Brief Chronology of Arthur Miller's Life and Works", The Arthur Miller Society; The Times Arthur Miller Obituary, (London: The Times, 2005); "Obituary: Arthur Miller", BBC News, February 11, 2005 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  10. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Ratcliffe, "Obituary: Arthur Miller", The Guardian, February 11, 2005, p. 25; Fried, "Remembering Bob Miller", Laguna Beach Independent, April 9, 2022; Ratcliffe, "Obituary: Arthur Miller", The Guardian, February 11, 2005, p. 25; The Times Arthur Miller Obituary, (London: The Times, 2005); Ratcliffe, "Obituary: Arthur Miller", The Guardian, February 11, 2005, p. 25; Meyers, "The Genius and the Goddess: Arthur Miller and Marilyn Monroe", University of Illinois Press, 2010 (we also read that source) en.wikipedia.org
  11. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Celizic, "New footage of Marilyn Monroe, Clark Gable revealed", Today, June 2, 2008; Spoto, "Marilyn Monroe: The Biography", Cooper Square Press, 2001, p. 450–455 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  12. Wikipedia, "Arthur Miller" (CC BY-SA 4.0), which cites: Miller, "A Visit With Castro", December 24, 2003 (original not read by us) en.wikipedia.org
  13. "BBC On This Day", BBC, August 7, 1958. facts only, no text reused. news.bbc.co.uk
  14. Andrews, Suzanna, "Arthur Miller's Missing Act", September 2007. facts only, no text reused. vanityfair.com

Each numbered sentence above was checked against the source it cites before publication. Sentences citing Wikipedia adapt text from the English Wikipedia article Arthur Miller (contributors), used under CC BY-SA 4.0; this entry is available under the same licence. Other sources were used for facts only; no text or images are copied from them.

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