William Inge

William Inge

Country

United States

Birth - Death

1913 - 1973

Occupation

Playwright

Notable Achievements

Pulitzer Prize

Academy Award

Description

Noted broadway productions, including 'Picnic' which won a Pulitzer Prize in 1953. TV screenwriter. Closeted gay. Won Academy Award for his screenplay 'Splendour in the Grass'. Committed suicide.

Further Research/Reading

• http://ingecenter.org/william-inge-biography/
• http://www.kansaspress.ku.edu/voslif.html