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Arthur Miller Research Paper

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Goldkennedy Eloka.
8th Grade.
12/7/17.
Late’Arthur Miller(playwright)

Early life.

Arthur Miller was born on October 17, 1915, busy city of new york, he was the second of Isidore and Augusta Barnett Miller's three children. His father migrated to the United States from Austria-Hungary and started a small coat-manufacturing business. His mother, a native of New York, was a public school teacher at that time too.

Though Miller was just an average student. He was so much interested in playing sports,he had the passion to play sport rather than indulging his schoolwork or activity. It was only after graduating from high school miller had this drive of becoming a writer, when he read Russian novelist Fyodor Dostoyevsky(1821-1881)’The Brothers …show more content…

Because of an old situation of football injury, he was not accepted for the military service, but he was hired to tour army camps to collect resources for a movie, ‘The Story of G. I.’ Joe. His notes from these tours were then published as Situation Normal (1944). That same year the Broadway production of his play ‘The Man Who Had All the Luck’ opened, closing after four performances.Then 1945 his novel Focus, an attack on anti-Semitism (the hatred of Jewish people), …show more content…

In addition to his Pulitzer Prize in 1949, his awards include the Theatre Guild National Prize, 1944; Antoinette Perry (Tony) Award (given for achievement in the theater), 1947 and 1953; Emmy Award (given for achievement in television broadcasting), 1967; George foster peabody Award, 1981; John F. Kennedy Award for Lifetime Achievement, 1984; Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize, 1999; National Book Foundation lifetime achievement award, 2001; New York City College Alumni Association medal for artistic devotion to New York, 2001; and the Japan Art Association lifetime achievement award,

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