The Collected Works of ONeil (Part 2)

Author: (American) Eugene O'Neill, edited by (American) Stuart Boag, translated by Wang Yiqun et al.
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Features: Especially Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953), an American playwright. Born into an acting family in New York, he traveled with his father's troupe throughout his childhood, leading a nomadic life. After graduating from high school, he enrolled at Princeton University but was expelled due to alcohol-related incidents. In the following years of his adventurous life, he went gold prospecting in Honduras, worked as a sailor in Africa and South America, and held various jobs such as actor, director, journalist, and office clerk. In 1912, while hospitalized for tuberculosis, he studied classic works of drama from ancient Greece to the present and began writing plays, subsequently becoming a professional playwright. O'Neill was a prolific writer, producing 21 one-act plays and 28 multi-act plays in his lifetime. Among his outstanding works are Long Day's Journey Into Night (1914), Moon of the Caribs (1917), Beyond the Horizon (1918), Anna Christie (1920), The Great God Brown (1920), The Hairy Ape (1921), Desire Under the Elms (1924), The Strange Interlude (1927), The Long Day's Journey Into Night (1923), A Long Day's Journey Into Night (1933), and The Iceman Cometh (1939). O'Neill won the Pulitzer Prize three times during his lifetime. The author considered his best work to be A Long Day's Journey Into Night, which was recognized by both himself and the public. This autobiographical play, as per the author's, premiered in Sweden in 1956 after his death and won the Pulitzer Prize again.