Arthur Miller's Accomplishments

When asked to describe his pull towards the stage, American author and playwright, Arthur Miller stated boldly and passionately, “Being a playwright was always the maximum idea. I'd always felt that the theater was the most exciting and the most demanding form of writing one could try to master (interview).” Miller crafted his first play when he was only nineteen years old and from there continued to produce an array of beautifully written works. Born in 1915 in Harlem, New York to Isidore and Augusta Miller, Arthur grew up accustomed to a wealthy lifestyle before his family lost all they had when he was fourteen in the disastrous Wall Street Crash. Fueled by determination Miller worked to pay his way through the University of Michigan where he began mastering stage writing and studied under professional playwright Kenneth Rowe (bio.com). Completing his inaugural play in only a week Miller garnered his first awards of many, the University of Michigan’s Avery Hopwood Award. However, not all of Miller’s plays went on to gain success, in his first piece to make Broadway, Death of a Salesman, Miller received dismal reviews before the play was pulled after only a handful of performances. Later Miller redeemed himself with 1947’s Tony Award winning sensation All of My Sons. The play

First married to his college romance, Mary Slattery, Miller fathered his first two children and lived an average married life. However, Miller was soon captivating headlines after he divorced Slattery and quickly married American media star, Marilyn Monroe. Monroe and Miller never had children but they struggled through years of marriage riddled with drug abuse and writers block. Their whirlwind romance ended after four years and when Monroe died the succeeding year controversy was sparked over the production, After the Fall which was said to have depicted Monroe in the play’s main