William Inge

William Motter Inge May 3 1913 June 10 1973 was an American playwright and novelist whose works typically feature solitary protagonists encumbered with strained sexual relations In the early 1950s he had a string of memorable Broadway productions including Picnic which earned him a Pulitzer Prize With his portraits of smalltown life and settings rooted in the American heartland Inge became known as the Playwright of the Midwest Description above from the Wikipedia article William Inge licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia