About
Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright and television writer from the 1950s.
Before Fame
He obtained a master's from Columbia University after attending Yale Drama School.
Trivia
He received the 1961 Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play All the Way Home.
Family Life
His father owned a grocery store in Ohio before moving to New York when the stock market crashed.
Associated With
He was nominated for an Emmy for writing an episode of a series about John Adams.
