O'Neill
(ō-nēl′), Eugene Gladstone 1888-1953. American playwright. Among his works are Mourning Becomes Electra (1931) and Long Day's Journey into Night (produced 1956), for which he was awarded his fourth Pulitzer Prize. He won the 1936 Nobel Prize for literature.
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O'Neill
(əʊˈniːl)n
(Biography) Eugene (Gladstone). 1888–1953, US dramatist. His works, which are notable for their emotional power and psychological analysis, include Desire under the Elms (1924), Strange Interlude (1928), Mourning becomes Elektra (1931), Long Day's Journey into Night (1941), and The Iceman Cometh (1946): Nobel prize for literature 1936
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O'Neill
(oʊˈnil)n.
Eugene (Gladstone), 1888–1953, U.S. playwright: Nobel prize 1936.
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O'Neill - United States playwright (1888-1953)