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William Saroyan (1908–1981)
The Oscar winner and Pulitzer Prize recipient William Saroyan, who gained world fame with his classic book "The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze" (1934), was born in California to Armenak and Takoohi Saroyan, Armenian refugees from the Turkish Ottoman Empire which perpetrated the Armenian genocide. With his unmistakably American literary ...
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Born:in Fresno, California, USADied:(age 72) in Fresno, California, USA |
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Writer (62 credits)
Writer (62 credits)
2004
Smesne i druge price
(TV Mini-Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- Sedamdeset hiljada Asiraca
(2004)
... (novel)
1993
ABC Weekend Specials
(TV Series) (short story - 1 episode)
- The Parsley Garden
(1993)
... (short story)
1976
Im sirte lernerum e
(TV Movie) (play "My Heart is in the Highlands") / (story "White Horse Summer")
1970
NET Opera Theater
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- My Heart's in the Highlands
(1970)
... (play)
1964
Summer Playhouse
(TV Series) (characters - 1 episode)
- The Human Comedy
(1964)
... (characters)
1962
General Electric Theater
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- The Unstoppable Gray Fox
(1962)
... (writer)
1960
Play of the Week
(TV Series) (plays "Once Around the Block" and "My Heart's in the Highlands" - 1 episode)
- Two by Saroyan: 'Once Around the Block' and 'My Heart's in the Highlands'
(1960)
... (plays "Once Around the Block" and "My Heart's in the Highlands")
1960
General Motors Presents
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- My Heart's in the Highlands
(1960)
... (play)
1960
Ragazza mia
(TV Mini-Series) (novel - 2 episodes)
- Episode #1.2
(1960)
... (novel)
- Episode #1.1
(1960)
... (novel)
1959
The DuPont Show of the Month
(TV Series) (novel - 1 episode)
- The Human Comedy
(1959)
... (novel)
1957
ITV Television Playhouse
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- My Heart's in the Highlands
(1957)
... (play)
Omnibus
(TV Series) (written by - 2 episodes, 1953) (play - 1 episode, 1956) (play "My Heart's in the Highlands - 1 episode, 1956) (writer - 1 episode, 1956)
- The Christmas Tie
(1956)
... (play)
- TV/Radio Workshop of the Ford Foundation
(1956)
... (play "My Heart's in the Highlands)
- The Best Year in the Whole History of the World
(1956)
... (writer)
- The Abracadabra Kid
(1953)
... (written by)
- Toy Symphony with Stokowski
(1953)
... (written by)
1955
Screen Directors Playhouse
(TV Series) (writer - 1 episode)
- A Midsummer Daydream
(1955)
... (writer)
1951
The Bigelow Theatre
(TV Series) (play - 1 episode)
- My Heart's in the Highlands
(1951)
... (play)
1950
Cameo Theatre
(TV Series) (written by - 1 episode)
- A Daughter to Think About
(1950)
... (written by)
1950
The Silver Theatre
(TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- My Heart's in the Highlands
(1950)
... (story)
1949
Actor's Studio
(TV Series) (story - 1 episode)
- The Man with the Heart in the Highlands
(1949)
... (story)
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Soundtrack (19 credits)
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His play, "The Time of Your Life," was performed in a Steppenwolf Theatre and American Contemporary Theatre production in San Francisco, California. See more »Official Sites:
William Saroyan Society
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I should like to see any power of the world destroy this race, this small tribe of unimportant people, whose wars have all been fought and lost, whose structures have crumbled, literature is unread, music is unheard, and prayers are no more answered. Go ahead, destroy Armenia. See if you can do it. Send them into the desert without bread or water. Burn their homes and churches. Then see if they ... See more »Trivia:
Had never been to the East Coast before 1934. See more »Star Sign:
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