Tennessee Williams
(1911-1983)
playwright, Pulitzer Prize winner (from 1948), and Pulitzer Prize winner (from 1955)
Commemorated on 2 plaques
Avart-Peretti House erected 1842 as a two-story house for Mme. Augustine Eugenie of Lassize widow of Louis Robert Avart J.N.B. de Pouilly and Ernest Gouuchaux architect-builders. From 1906 through 1923 it was the residence and studio of the artist Achille Peretti. During 1946 and 1947 Tennessee Williams lived here and wrote 'A Streetcar Named Desire'
623 St. Peter Street, French Quarter, New Orleans, LA, United States where they lived (1946-1947) and wrote A Streetcar Named Desire (1946-1947)
First home of Tennessee Williams. One of America's leading playwrights Tennessee Williams was born here March 26 1911. He received the Pulitzer Prize for 'Streetcar Named Desire' and 'Cat On A Hot Tin Roof.' Both stories set in the South.
300 Main Street, MS 39701, Columbus, MS, United States where they was born (1911)