William Saroyan

William Saroyan August 31 1908 May 18 1981 was an ArmenianAmerican 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 240page 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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia