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ARTHURMILLERSource:Weales,Gerald.DeathofaSalesmanTextandCriticism.NewYork:TheVikingPress,1967.October17,1915ArthurAsterMillerwasborninNewYorkCity.

1920-28:AttendsPublicSchool#24inHarlem.

1923:Seesfirstplay--amelodramaattheSchubertTheater.

1928:Bar-mitzvahattheAvenueMtemple.

1929:Father'sbusinessfailsandfamilymovetoBrooklyn.

1932:GraduatesfromAbrahamLincolnHighSchool.RegistersfornightschoolatCityCollege,butquitsaftertwoweeks.

1932:Variousjobs,includingsingingonalocalradiostationandtruckdriving.

1932-34:Clerkedinanauto-partswarehouse,wherehewastheonlyJewemployedandhadhisfirstreal,personalexperiencesofAmericanAnti-Semitism.

1934-35:UniversityofMichigan,studyingjournalism.Reporterandnighteditoronstudentpaper,TheMichiganDaily.

1936:WritesNoVillaininsixdaysandreceivesHopwoodAwardinDrama.TransferstoanEnglishmajor.

1937:RewriteofNoVillain,titled,TheyToo

Arise,receivesamajoraward.HeadseasttojointheAbrahamLincolnBrigadeinSpainduringtheirCivilWar,anddecidesnottogo.

1938:GraduateswithaB.A.inEnglish.

JoinstheFederalTheaterProjectinNewYorkCitytowriteradioplaysandscripts.TurnsdownamuchbetterpayingoffertoworkasascriptwriterforTwentiethCenturyFox,inHollywood.

1940:MarriesMaryGraceSlattery.WritesTheGoldenYears.TravelstoNorthCarolinatocollectdialectspeechforthefolkdivisionoftheLibraryofCongress.

1947:AllMySonspremiersandreceivestheNewYorkDramaCritics'CircleAward,andtheDonaldsonAward.Son,Robert,isborn.Goestoworkforashorttimeinaninnercityfactoryassemblingbeerboxesforminimumwagetostayintouchwithhisaudience.

1948:WritesDeathofaSalesman.1949:DeathofaSalesmanpremiersandreceivesthePulitzerPrize,theNewYorkDramaCritics'CircleAward,theAntoinettePerryAward,theDonaldsonAward,andtheTheaterClubAward,amongothers.Attendsthepro-SovietCulturalandScientificConferenceforWorldPeaceattheWaldorf-AstoriaHotel.

1950:MeetsMarilynMonroeforthefirsttime.TheHookfailstoreachproductionduetopressurefromHUAC.

1951:IngeMorathcomestoAmerica.

1951-52USTourofDeathofaSalesman.

1952:VisitstheHistoricalSociety"WitchMuseum"inSalem,toresearchforTheCrucible.1953:TheCruciblepremiersandreceivestheAntoinettePerryAward,andtheDonaldsonAward.AskedtoattendtheBelgianpremierofTheCrucible,butunabletoattendasdeniedpassportbytheUS.

1955:HUACpressuredcityofficialstowithdrawpermissionforMillertomakeafilmhe'dbeenplanningaboutNewYorkjuveniledelinquency.

1956:LivesinNevadaforsixweeksinordertodivorceMarySlatteryandgetsthematerialforTheMisfits.MarriesMarilynMonroe.SubpoenaedtoappearbeforeHUAC.

1957:ArthurMiller'sCollectedPlays

published.ConvictedofcontemptofCongressforrefusingtonamenamestotheHouseUn-AmericanActivitiesCommittee.

1958:UnitedStatesCourtofAppealsoverturnshiscontemptconviction.

1961:DivorcesMarilynMonroe.Misfits(film)premiers.Mother,AugustaMillerdies.

1962:MarriesIngeMorath.MarilynMonroedies.

1963:Daughter,Rebecca,isborn.Jane'sBlanket(children'sbook)published.

1981:ThesecondvolumeofArthurMiller'sCollectedPlays

published.

1983:DirectsDeathofaSalesmanatthePeople'sArtTheaterinBeijing,thePeople'sRepublicofChina.

1984:MillerreceivesKennedyCenterHonorsforhislifetimeachievement.

1985:DeathofaSalesmanwithDustinHoffmanairsonCBStoanaudienceof25million.

1986:OneoffifteenwritersandscientistsinvitedtotheSovietUniontoconferencewithMikhailGorbachovanddiscussSovietpolicies.

1987:PublishesTimebends:ALife(autobiography),whichappearedasaBook-ofthe-MonthClubpopularselection.

1990:TelevisionproductionofAnEnemyofthePeople,onPBS.1991:ReceivesMellonBankAwardforlifetimeachievementinthehumanities.

1992:HomelyGirlispublished(novella).

1993:TelevisionproductionofTheAmericanClock,onTNT.

1995:TributestotheplaywrightontheoccasionofhiseightiethbirthdayareheldinEnglandandAmerica.

1996:ReceivestheEdwardAlbeeLastFrontierPlaywrightAward.

1997:TheCrucible(filmwithDanielDayLewis)opens.

1999:DeathofaSalesmanrevivedonBroadwayfortheplay's50thanniversary,andwinsTonyforBestRevivalofaPlay.

2000:

EchoesDowntheCorridorispublished(collectedessaysfrom1944-2000).

2001:Millerisawardeda