1908-08-31 – 1981-05-18
William Saroyan (August 31, 1908 – May 18, 1981) was an Armenian-American novelist, playwright, and short story writer. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1940, and in 1943 won the Academy Award for Best Story for the film adaptation of his novel The Human Comedy. An Armenian American, Saroyan wrote extensively about the Armenian immigrant life in California. Many of his stories and plays are set in his native Fresno. Some of his best-known works are The Time of Your Life, My Name Is Aram, My Heart's in the Highlands, and The Human Comedy.
Fifty Best American Short Stories
1965
The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
1952
My Name is Aram
1937
The human comedy
1943
Tracy's Tiger
1951
The daring young man on the flying trapeze, and other stories
1934
Prentice Hall Literature--Bronze
1991
Prentice Hall Literature -- Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes -- Bronze Level
2002
The Time of Your Life
1939
A subtreasury of American humor
1941
Contemporary Drama. Eleven Plays. American - English - European
1950
Letters from 74 rue Taitbout
1969
My Heart's in the Highlands
1939
Mama I Love You
1956
Saroyan Special
1948
Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--Bronze
2001
Hello Out There
1949
All the World's a Stage
1972
Obituaries
1979
The Britannica Library of Great American Writing - Volume II
1960
The Adventures of Wesley Jackson
1946
New Saroyan Reader
1984
Papa, You're Crazy!
1957
Rock Wagram
1951
