田纳西·威廉斯(TennesseW illiams,1911—1983)是二十世纪美国最杰出的剧作家,其一生创作了许多广为流传的作品。在诸多作品中以《玻璃动物园》(1945),《欲望号街车》(1947)《,热铁皮屋顶上的猫》(1995)最为出名,曾两度赢得普利策戏剧奖。威廉斯出生于美国密西西比州的哥伦布市,南方的环境和成长经历对他的文学创作起了很大的影响,1918年田纳西全家迁往工业城市圣路易斯时因对南方生活的眷恋而排斥这个工业城 Tennesse Williams, 1911-1983, was one of the most prominent playwrights in the United States in the twentieth century, and has produced many of his most widely circulated works throughout his life. Among the many works are The Glass Zoo (1945), A Streetcar Named Desire (1947), The Cats on the Hot Tin Roof (1995), which won the Pulitzer Prize twice. Williams was born in Columbus, Mississippi, USA. The environment and growing up in the South greatly influenced his literary creation. When the Tennessee family relocated to the industrial city of St. Louis in 1918, he rejected the industrial city because of his attachment to the southern life