Jesse Lynch Williams

Jesse Lynch Williams (August 17, 1871 – September 14. 1929) was an American Pulitzer Prize-winning author and dramatist.

Born in Sterling, Illinois, Williams began his literary career in college, writing Princeton Stories. Upon graduation he continued to write novels and plays, including Why Marry? for which he was awarded the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1918.

Works

Novels and short story collections

Princeton Stories
The Adventures of a Freshman
The Girl and the Game
The married life of the Frederic Carrolls
She Knew She Was Right

Plays

Lovely Lady
Why Marry?
The Stolen Story

External links

Works by Jesse Lynch Williams at Project Gutenberg
Works by or about Jesse Lynch Williams at Internet Archive
Works by Jesse Lynch Williams at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/41871/41871-h/41871-h.htm

Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1918–25)

Jesse Lynch Williams (1918) Eugene O'Neill (1920) Zona Gale (1921) Eugene O'Neill (1922) Owen Davis (1923) Hatcher Hughes (1924) Sidney Howard (1925)

Complete list (1918–1925) (1926–1950) (1951–1975) (1976–2000) (2001–2025)

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 27947117 LCCN: n50018055 ISNI: 0000 0000 8210 8437 GND: 122181271 SUDOC: 169228509

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