William Saroyan

Personal Info

Known For Writer

Gender Male

Birthday 1908-08-31

Deathday 1981-05-18 (72 years old)

Place of Birth Fresno, California, USA

William Saroyan

Biography

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 The Human Comedy. When the studio rejected his original 240-page treatment, he turned it into a novel, The Human Comedy. Saroyan is regarded as one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Saroyan, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Actor

2024
MOTHERLAND

as William Saroyan (voice)

1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

Sound

1972
Call Her Mom

as Songs