William Saroyan
William Saroyan was an exuberant Armenian-American writer from California's San Joaquin Valley whose fiction and plays celebrated the joy and dignity of ordinary life. He won but famously refused the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
Works
- The Human ComedyNovel capturing ordinary small-town lives through the eyes of a telegram delivery boy
- My Name Is AramCollection of interconnected stories of Armenian-American family life and imagination
- The Daring Young Man on the Flying TrapezeShort story collection capturing the Depression-era lives of vulnerable characters
- Tracy's TigerComic novella of a man's surreal journey following a mystical tiger woman
- Rock WagramNovel following a young soldier's spiritual awakening and military service experience