Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams

Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA on March 26th, 1911 and passed away at the age of 71 on February 25th, 1983.

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Tennessee Williams Stats: The highest rated book by Tennessee Williams on Book Notification is A Streetcar Named Desire, the 8th novel in the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series. The second-highest rated book is The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays #7).

The most read book by Tennessee Williams on Book Notification is A Streetcar Named Desire, the 8th novel in the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series. The second most read book is The Glass Menagerie (Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays #7).

Below is a complete list of Tennessee Williams books in publication and chronological order, broken down by series. The most popular series by Tennessee Williams is the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays.

List of Standalone Novels in Publication Order

List of Collections in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays
1945
2
One Arm and Other Stories
1948
3
Hard Candy
1954
4
Four Plays
1956
5
The Rose Tattoo and Other Plays
1957
6
Baby Doll and Other Plays
1958
7
Three Players Of A Summer Game, And Other Stories
1960
8
Five Plays
1962
9
In the Winter of Cities
1964
10
American Blues
1965
11
A Streetcar Named Desire and Other Plays
1965
12
The Knightly Quest
1966
13
Dragon Country
1970
14
Eight Mortal Ladies Possessed
1974
15
Androgyne, Mon Amour
1977
16
It Happened the Day the Sun Rose
1983
17
Stopped Rocking and Other Screenplays
1984
18
Collected Stories
1985
19
Baby Doll & Tiger Tail
1991
20
The Collected Poems
2002
21
Tales of Desire
2010
22
Caterpillar Dogs
2023

List of Collection of Plays in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Candles to the Sun
1936
2
The Magic Tower
1936
3
Fugitive Kind
1937
4
The Palooka
1937
5
Spring Storm
1937
6
Battle of Angels
1940
7
7
The Glass Menagerie
1945
8
8
A Streetcar Named Desire
1947
9
Summer and Smoke
1948
10
Camino Real
1948
11
The Rose Tattoo
1951
12
Cat on a Hot Tin Roof
1955
13
Baby Doll
1956
14
Orpheus Descending
1957
15
A Perfect Analysis Given By a Parrot.
1958
16
Suddenly Last Summer
1958
17
Sweet Bird of Youth
1959
18
The Night of the Iguana
1961
19
Period of Adjustment
1961
20
The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore
1963
21
The Eccentricities of a Nightingale
1964
22
Kingdom of Earth
1968
23
Small Craft Warnings
1972
24
The Red Devil Battery Sign
1975
25
The Theatre of Tennessee Williams, volume 5
1976
26
The Two-Character Play
1979
27
Vieux Carré
1979
28
A Lovely Sunday for Creve Coeur
1979
29
Clothes for a Summer Hotel
1981
30
The Long Goodbye
1992
31
Something Cloudy, Something Clear
1995
32
Not About Nightingales
1998
33
Stairs to the Roof
2000
34
Gentlemen Callers
2005
35
Summer At the Lake
2020
36
The Fat Man's Wife
2020
37
Adam and Eve on a Ferry
2020

List of Non-Fiction in Publication Order

List of William Inge's Plays in Publication Order

# ReadTitle Avg. Year Book Link
1
Come Back, Little Sheba (By: William Inge)
1950
2
10
Picnic (By: William Inge)
1953
3
A Loss of Roses (By: William Inge)
1960
4
The Dark At The Top Of The Stairs (With: William Inge)
1960
5
Natural Affection (By: William Inge)
1963
6
4 Plays by William Inge: Come Back, Little Sheba, Picnic, Bus Stop, the Dark at the Top of the Stairs (By: Samuel Beckett, William Inge)
1964
7
Where's Daddy? (By: William Inge)
1966
8
Summer Brave - Acting Edition (By: William Inge)
1979
9
Splendor in the Grass, The Play (By: William Inge)
1998
10
The Apartment Complex: Seven One-Act Plays (By: William Inge)
2016
11
Somewhere in America: Six One-Act Plays (By: William Inge, Craig Pospisil)
2016
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List of Tennessee Williams Anthologies in Publication Order

Tennessee Williams: Biography

Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III) was born on March 26th, 1911. Tennessee passed away February 25th, 1983 at 71 years old. Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA.

Tennessee Williams was the author of the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series which consists of 37 novels. The Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series started in 1936 with the novel Candles to the Sun. The most recently released novel in the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series was Adam and Eve on a Ferry which was released in 2020. There are no upcoming novels for the Tennessee Williams Collection of Plays series.

Tennessee Williams (Thomas Lanier Williams III) also wrote the Collections series which has 22 books including 27 Wagons Full of Cotton and Other Plays and One Arm and Other Stories.

Tennessee Williams: Awards & Accolades

Tennessee Williams won the St. Louis Literary Award, Distinguished Figure in Literature, in 1974.

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Tennessee Williams: F.A.Q

When was Tennessee Williams Born?

Tennessee Williams was born on March 26th, 1911.

When did Tennessee Williams die?

Tennessee Williams died on February 25th, 1983 at 71 years old.

Where was Tennessee Williams Born?

Tennessee Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA.

What awards has Tennessee Williams won?

Tennessee Williams has won the following awards: Distinguished Figure in Literature at the St. Louis Literary Award (1974).

What was the first book Tennessee Williams wrote?

The first novel written by Tennessee Williams was Candles to the Sun, published in 1936.

What was the most recent book Tennessee Williams wrote?

His most recently released work was Caterpillar Dogs (a short story) on April 4th, 2023.

How many books has Tennessee Williams written?

Tennessee Williams has written 67 books excluding contributions to anthologies. 2 Standalone Novels, 22 books in the Collections, 37 books in the Collection of Plays, 5 books in the Non-Fiction, 1 book in the Play.

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