Eugene D. O'Neill

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf playwright
gptkbp:associatedAct The Provincetown Players
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
gptkb:Nobel_Prize_in_Literature
gptkbp:born October 16, 1888
gptkbp:children gptkb:Shane_O'Neill
gptkb:Oona_O'Neill
gptkbp:died November 27, 1953
gptkbp:education gptkb:Princeton_University
gptkbp:famousQuote "The past is never dead. It's not even past."
"We are all the sum of our experiences."
"Man is what he makes of himself."
"There is no present or future, only the past, happening over and over again."
"I can't help but think that the world is a better place because I was here."
gptkbp:genre drama
realism
tragedy
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Eugene D. O'Neill
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Nietzsche
gptkb:Dostoevsky
Freud
gptkbp:influences gptkb:James_Joyce
August Strindberg
Henrik Ibsen
gptkbp:knownFor poetic language
autobiographical elements
psychological depth
exploring family dynamics
gptkbp:legacy influencing future playwrights
establishing_serious_drama_in_America
pioneering_American_theater
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWorks A Moon for the Misbegotten
Mourning Becomes Electra
The Iceman Cometh
Long Day's Journey Into Night
gptkbp:occupation dramatist
gptkbp:placeOfBirth gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Boston,_Massachusetts
gptkbp:restingPlace gptkb:Forest_Hills_Cemetery
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Agnes_Boulton
gptkb:Carlotta_Monterey