Person Detail: William Saroyan

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General Information:
Full Name: William Saroyan
Biography: (1908-1981) Novelist, playwright. William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California. He lived in Mill Neck, New York for six months, and stayed at the McBurney YMCA, 215 West 23rd Street in Manhattan, New York when he first moved to New York in the 1920s. In 1991 the United States Postal Service issued its nineth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of William Saroyan.
Author's Timeline:
1908		(Unknown) County William Saroyan was born in Fresno, California in 1908.
1934		(Unknown) County The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories Collection of short stories.
1936		(Unknown) County Inhale and Exhale Collection of short stories.
1937		(Unknown) County Little Children Collection of short stories.
1939		(Unknown) County The Time of Your Life Play and winner of the Pulitzer Prize.
1939		(Unknown) County My Heart's in the Highlands Play.
1940		(Unknown) County My Name is Aram Collection of short stories.
1942		(Unknown) County The Human Comedy Novel.
1946		Bronx County The Adventures of Wesley Jackson Novel.
1957		(Unknown) County The Cave Dwellers Play.
1963		(Unknown) County Boys and Girls Together Novel.
1981		(Unknown) County William Saroyan died in Fresno, California in 1981.
1981		(Unknown) County William Saroyan was interred at Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California.
?		Nassau County Saroyan lived in Mill Neck, New York for six months.
?		New York County William Saroyan lived in Manhattan, New York, and stayed at the Algonquin Hotel.