Arthur Miller (1915-2005) was born in New York City and studied at the University of Michigan. His plays include
All My Sons,
Death of a Salesman,
The Crucible,
A View from the Bridge, A Memory of Two Mondays,
After the Fall,
Incident at Vichy,
The Price,
The Creation of the World and Other Business, The Archbishop's Ceiling,
The American Clock and
Playing for Time. Later plays include
The Ride Down Mt. Morgan,
The Last Yankee,
Broken Glass,
Mr. Peters’ Connections,
Resurrection Blues, and
Finishing the Picture. Other works include the novel
Focus, the screenplay
The Misfits, and the texts for
In Russia,
In the Country, and
Chinese Encounters, three books in collaboration with his wife, photographer Inge Morath. Memoirs include
Timebends: A life. He received many awards in his lifetime, including two Emmy awards and three Tony Awards for his plays, a Tony Award for Lifetime Achievement, and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1949, for
Death of a Salesman.