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Tesarebuay15 20 1 u n1 rini Oct 17, 1915 Born in Brooklyn, New York City 1927 Sees first play at the Schubert Theater in New York City 1934 Enrolls at the University of Michigan 1936, Wins first Avery Hop- wood and Jule Hopw- ood Award for the p- h lay "No Villain," which he wrote in only six days 1940 Marries Mary Grace Slatterly 1944 "The Man Who Had All the Luck" premieres on Broadway and wins the Theater Guild National Award. 1947 "All My Sons" premieres on Broadway and wins New York Drama Critics' Circle Award. 1949 "Death of a Salesman" premieres on Broadway, winning the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Antoinette Perry Award and the Donaldson Award. 1953 "The Crucible," Miller's comment on McCar- thyism, premieres on Broadway and wins the Antoinette Perry Award. t-.-Oo J/ ?0/ d x d 4 41 1934 Arthur Miller arrives at the University to study M ay 1935 Miller begins writing articles and editorials for The Michigan Daily. 1936-37 Miller wins two Avery Hopwood Awards for drama for "No Villain," 1936-3which he wrote in six days and "Honors at Dawn." 1938 Miller graduates from the University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in English. The author is awarded an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from 6the University. 1985 Miller establishes the Arthur Miller Award, a $1,000 tuition credit,for aspiring writers. Miller at the University A 1999 Miller returns to the University to present the first Arthur Miller Award for Dramatic Writing, a $3,000 prize. e2-n After a large donation from Charles Walgreen, it is announced that the Arthur Miller Theater will be housed in the Walgreen Drama Center and seat approximately 600 people. 2004 On April 1, Miller returned to the Universit for "A conversation with Arthur Miller,"where he talked about his life and his accomplishments. On Nov.1, 300 Michigan alumni and friends filled New York City's Richard Rodgers Theater for "Michigan on Broadway: A Tribute to Arthur Miller." rthur Miller may be best known for his iconic dramas, but his work extended into other fields. Throughout his formative years at the University, he also wrote for The Michigan Daily, and his time in Ann Arbor also included satire for Gargoyle magazine. The collection of Miller's extensive writings extends to letters and manuscripts, now housed at the University. 4 A 4 HONORS AT INN IL play I1 Three Acts~ by T he play for which Miller won his second Hopwood Award was titled "Honors at Dawn." The Bentley Historical Library houses the original manuscript of the work, along with the cover page, shown here. Includ- ing the letter to the right, the Bentley Library houses many of his docu- ments, including a portrait of him used on the first edition of "Death of a Salesman," most of which are in the Special Collections Library. 40 0 Arthur A. iller 1956 Marries actress Ma- rilyn Monroe and receives an honor- ary Doctor of Hu- man Letters from the University l Pr Aware4n j wo. 1,937 Prize$.2 I n this letter, signed by Miller, the playwright maintains his relationship with Prof. Kenneth Rowe, his playwriting teacher at the University, after his 1938 graduation. In this letter, Miller writes of his postgraduate life in New York. "I can see every square foot of Ann Arbor in my head and it's prettier than this city, but i'm glad i'm not back there. Here one knows the maximum opposition and a man can confront it and learn more precisely what his place is in this world. In Ann Arbor one is a little shy of taking oneself seriously because one suspects that the whole business of collegeism is not quite bedrock sincere and that it's a mock-serious game played within an outer world of deadly earnestness. There are no makeup examinations here....happily." 196 1 Divorces Marilyn Monroe. Monroe's final film "Misfits," written by Miller, premieres 1962 Marries Inge Morath. 1964 "After the Fall," Miller's semi-autobiograph- ical play and a comment on his troubled marriage to Monroe, premieres on Broad- way. 1965 Elected president of International P.E.N., the renowned international literary organi- zation 1970 Miller's works are banned in the Soviet Union as a result of his efforts to free dis- sident writers. 1985 "Death of a Salesman," starring Dustin Hoffman premiers on CBS to an audience of 25 million. 1993 Awarded National Medal of the Arts by President Bill Clinton. October 1939: Miller wrote 'You Simply Must Go to College; a satirical piece in Gargoyle magazine. IReally, we college people are the pick of the crop. Whatever these reformers say about education being all wet is just so much melonwater and anybody will agree. Education is fitting us for life and already we are making our influence felt even before we have received our diplomas ... It will not be long before the United Press will say, "As Ann Arbor Goes, So Goes the Nation." That's how important each and every one of us light beacons are and the best way to prove it is to examine our own well-lit community ... Description of a college rental house: "At each floor, of course, there is a different odor to accommodate different personalities (as the psychology department advocates). Now although it is broad daylight it is dark up here, because, as anybody will tell you, darknesspis best for that deep concentration of which college people do so much ... W i hb gi ti 1999 "Death of a Salesman," revived on Broad- way for the play's 50th anniversary, and wins Tony Award for Best Revival of a Play