In 1946 Salinger wrote some stories which brought him fame as a writer. They were published in the New Yorker magazine.

Truman Capote. Born in New Orleans, Louisiana, on September 30, 1924, Truman Capote went on to become a professional writer. His novella Breakfast at Tiffany’s (1958) was adapted into a popular film. Capote spent his later years pursuing celebrity and struggled with drug addiction. He died in 1984 in Los Angeles, California. While still a teen, Capote got his first job working as a copyboy for The New Yorker magazine. During his time with the publication, Capote tried to get his stories published there with no success. His first novel, Other Voices, Other Rooms, was published in 1948 to mixed reviews. Despite his problems, Capote did, however, manage to pull off one of the biggest social events of the 20th century. Attracting his society friends, literary notables, and stars, his Black and White Ball garnered a huge amount of publicity.

John Updike was born in a small town in Pensylvania. In his childhood he lived on an isolated farm, from where he dreamed to escape. After graduating Harward University he spent the Academic Year at Raskini. He joined the new Yourker staff, writing editorial poetry, stories and criticism. Updike left the magazine and became a fulltime writer. His first book “The Carpentered Hen and other Tame creatures”, a collection of poetry appeared in 1958, first novel The Poorhouse Fair. Updike has become one of the most successful Am-can writers. As an assayist Updyke is a gentle satirist. He observes the ordinary life he sees around him. Updike has received several awards. He is an Amer-can novelist, short-story writer and poet, internationally known for his works.

12) American drama. E. O’neill, t. Williams.

American Drama of the 19th was aimed at entertaining - vaudevilles & musicals were very popular. So, everything in drama was done for entertainment.. Drama in America focused on the evils of American society: its economic conditions & impossibility to achieve the American Dream. That is how the American Dream turns out to be the American Tragedy.

1)Eugene O`Neill read & was influenced by the works of Strindberg, Ibsen, Chekhov. In his works he managed to combine elements of expressionism with the traditional realism, mythology, classical tragedy (the Ancient Greek traditions) & usage of Biblical myths. In all his plays E. O'Neill touches upon the problem of dramatism of our human existence, nevertheless all his works differ from one another.

Bound East for Cardiff (1914), Before Breakfast (1916), The Long Voyage Home (1917), In the Zone (1917), The Moon of the Carabbees (1917), Ile (1917), The Rope (1918), Beyond the Horizon (1918), The Dreamy Kid (1918), Where the Cross is Made (1918), The Straw (1919), Gold (1920), Anna Christie (1920}, The Emperor Jones (1920), Different (1920), The First Man (1921), The Fountain (1921-22), The Hairy Ape (1921 ), Welded (1922), All God's Chillun Got Wings (1923), Desire Under the Elms (1924), Marco Millions (1923-25), The Great God Brown (1925), Lazarus Laughed (1926), Strange Interlude (1926-27), Dynamo (1928 ), Mourning Becomes Electra (1929-31) , Ah, Wilderness (1932), Days Without End (1932-33).

2)Tennessee Williams was an American playwright, author of many stage classics. After years of obscurity, he became suddenly famous with The Glass Menagerie (1944), closely reflecting his own unhappy family background. This heralded a string of successes, including A Streetcar Named Desire, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, Orpheus Descending, and Sweet Bird of Youth. His later work attempted a new style that did not appeal to audiences, and alcohol and drug dependence further inhibited his creative output.