Portrait of Arthur Miller

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Arthur Miller

1915 – 2005

American playwright and essayist (1915–2005)

  • United States
  • American
  • Realism
  • literary-realism
UGC NET importance

About

Arthur Asher Miller was an American playwright and essayist in the 20th-century American theater. Among his most popular plays are All My Sons (1947), Death of a Salesman (1949), The Crucible (1953), and A View from the Bridge (1955). He wrote several screenplays, including The Misfits (1961). The drama Death of a Salesman is considered one of the best American plays of the 20th century.

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Life on the Timeline

1915 – 2005
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