He was distinguished by such qualities as education, hard work, tact. All of them harmoniously intertwined with talent and natural inspiration, which is why he became a great writer and playwright. William Saroyan became famous and famous far from immediately, his path to fame and recognition was thorny and difficult. And yet, an American “engineer of human souls” of Armenian descent expected success in his work. In his works, he addressed various topics, ranging from the history of his homeland in the “Armenian and Armenian” to pacifism in the “Adventures of Wesley Jackson”.
Curriculum Vitae
William Saroyan was born on August 31, 1908 in the California city of Fresno (USA). His father was an expat who found his calling in winemaking. After his death, the future prose writer was forced to spend some time in a shelter.
Start of work
William Saroyan at the very beginning of his career made money by delivering mail. Naturally, none of his relatives could have imagined that someday the young man would become a world famous writer, and his name would be on a par with the great Hemingway, Caldwell and Faulkner.
Features of his works
Saroyan’s creative works have always reflected such values ​​as kindness, mercy, compassion. They showed faith in a happy future. In the center of its plot were ordinary people with their rich inner world and desires.
Debut
Ulyam Saroyan called his first collection of works as follows: “A brave young man on a flying trapeze”. He hit the shelves of bookstores in 1934, and readers immediately noted the talent of the author. The story “A brave young man on a flying trapeze” was dedicated to a young man who was unbearably tormented by a feeling of hunger, he simply did not have money for food.
Over the entire period of his work, Ulyam Saroyan, whose biography certainly deserves separate consideration, has created about 12 poems, 10 verses and 1,500 stories. It is noteworthy that after the death of the writer, papers were found that confirmed that he was working on a new work. But the maestro, unfortunately, did not have time to finish it.
Career goes uphill
In 1940, William Saroyan, whose biography contains a lot of interesting things, completed work on the collection of works “My name is Aram”, in which he reflected the years of his adolescence.
The writer received another portion of fame after the publication of the story "Human Comedy". The reader praised this work, published in 1943. It includes a number of autobiographical stories. In 1944, while serving in the ranks of the Armed Forces, the genius of the pen graduated from the collection “Dear Baby”.
After some time, William Saroyan, whose photo could be seen on the covers of his copyrighted books, will write a propaganda novel called “The Adventures of Wesley Jackson,” which was published only in 1946.
Dramaturgy
The maestro became famous in the field of drama. In 1939, William wrote the play My Heart Is in the Mountains. This was the first serious work in a new quality. However, fans of his work did not immediately recognize the genre of the work. In the center of its plot are two main heroes-antagonists. One is an experienced musician who has seen a lot in his lifetime. He talks about the past and tries to predict what awaits him in the future. The second character is a young and careless young man. He is happy, despite the fact that he has not yet received popular recognition.
Soon the work “Our whole life” is put on the stage. Heroes are portrayed in it phantasmagorically. The plot unfolds in an ordinary tavern, where a dispute erupts over what happiness is.
Then comes another play by Saroyan, but in the genre of love adventure. The work is called "Forever Tender Song of Love." The plot focuses on the hero and heroine. He is an attractive businessman from the province, and she is an "old maid" from California, who has not yet managed to lose her beauty.
The theme of the emotional impulses and passions that a person usually experiences in his young years, the maestro will continue in another work - “Beautiful People” (1941). But the play “Come in, old man” (1943), which is staged on American Broadway, is criticized by expert theater-goers.
Already at an advanced age, William Saroyan (writer) will release an autobiographical book, Places Where I Spent Time.
Personal life
The writer was married to Carol Marcus, who bore him a son named Aram. After several years of family idyll, the end is coming. The whole reason was William's gambling. Carol wants to get a divorce, and in 1949 Saroyan finally broke off relations with his wife.
The maestro died on May 17, 1981 in the same city in which he spent his childhood. In American Fresno, the writer found the last refuge. He bequeathed that his heart be buried at the foot of the majestic Mount Ararat, not far from the city of Bitlis, in which his mother and father grew up.