William Saroyan

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 is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Saroyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

On screen

  • MOTHERLAND

Behind the camera

  • The Time of Your Life
  • Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
  • Hello Out There
  • The Time of Your Life
  • The Human Comedy

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