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Arthur Miller's Life
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Arthur Miller Born in NYC
October 17, 1915
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The Great Depression hits Miller family
October 24, 1929
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Father is forced to give up his business
Miller attends University of Michigan
1934
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Hopwood Awards
1936 - 1937
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Miller wins two consecutive Hopwood awards for two of his plays.
Miller's First Marriage
1940
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He marries Mary Grace Slattery.
Works at Brooklyn Navy Yard
1941
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Miller writes during the daytime and works as a ship fitter's helper during the nighttime.
"The Man Who Had All Luck" premiers on Broadway
1944
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He wins the Theater Guild National Award.
"All My Sons" premiers on Broadway
1947
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He wins the New York Drama Critic's Award.
"Death of a Salesman" premiers on Broadway
1949
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He wins the Pulitzer Prize, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the Antoinette Perry Award an the Donaldson Award.
"The Crucible"
1953
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Miller's play serves as an allegory for McCarthyism and wins the Antoinette Perry Award and Donaldson Award after premiering on Broadway.
Marries Marilyn Monroe
1956
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Found guilty of contempt of Congress
1957
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He is found guilty because he refused to name other communists during his HUAC testimony in 1956.
Divorces Monroe and the film "Misfits" premiers
1961
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Marries Inge Morath
1962
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"After the Fall" premiers on Broadway
1964
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This play serves to comment on his rocky marriage with Monroe.
Becomes president of International P.E.N.
1965
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The Soviet Union bans his works
1970
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His works were banned because he tried to free dissident writers.
Receives National Medal of Arts by Bill Clinton
1993
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"Death of a Salesman" revived on Broadway
1999
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It wins Tony Award for Beset Revival of a Play
Arthur Miller Dies
February 10, 2005
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Dies at the age of 89 in Roxbury, Connecticut.