Jesse Lynch Williams | |
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Born | |
Died | September 14, 1929 (aged 58) |
Education | Princeton University (BA, MA) |
Occupation(s) | Journalist, novelist, playwright |
Years active | 1891–1929 |
Known for | First Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Why Marry? (1917) |
Spouse | Alice Laidlaw |
Jesse Lynch Williams (August 17, 1871 – September 14, 1929) was an American author and dramatist. He won the first Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his play Why Marry? (1917). He was a journalist for three New York publications and co-founded the Princeton Alumni Weekly and the Princeton Triangle Club.