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Full Name: William Saroyan
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(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. 
1981 (Unknown) County
William Saroyan died in Fresno, California in 1981. 
1939 (Unknown) County
The Time of Your Life
Play and winner of the Pulitzer Prize. 
1942 (Unknown) County
The Human Comedy
Novel. 
1940 (Unknown) County
My Name is Aram
Collection of short stories. 
1934 (Unknown) County
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze and Other Stories
Collection of short stories. 
1981 (Unknown) County
William Saroyan was interred at Ararat Cemetery, Fresno, Fresno County, California.  
1939 (Unknown) County
My Heart's in the Highlands
Play. 
1936 (Unknown) County
Inhale and Exhale
Collection of short stories. 
1937 (Unknown) County
Little Children
Collection of short stories. 
1946 Bronx County
The Adventures of Wesley Jackson
Novel. 
1963 (Unknown) County
Boys and Girls Together
Novel. 
1957 (Unknown) County
The Cave Dwellers
Play. 
? 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.  
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