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Arthur Miller Biography of Arthur Miller Early Life Arthur Asher Miller, the son of a women's clothing company owner, was born in 1915 in New York City. His father lost his business in the Depression and the family was forced to move to a smaller home in Brooklyn. After graduating from high school, Miller worked jobs ranging from radio singer to truck driver to clerk in an automobile-parts warehouse. Miller began writing plays as a student at the University of Michigan, joining the Federal Theater Project in New York City after he received his degree. His first Broadway play, The Man Who Had All the Luck, opened in 1944 and his next play, All My Sons, received the Drama Critics' Circle Award. Achievements He was one the Greatest dramatists of the twentieth century. He produced a number of short stories. He won the Pulitzer prize in 1949. He won the Tony in 1947 and 1953. House of Un-American Activities Comities Elia Kazan had appeared in front of the committee in fear of being black listed from Hollywood. The members of the committee were communists, he appeared in front of the committee in 1951. Arthur Miller Themes Arthur Millers wrote mostly fiction plays and stories, and he wrote a couple of non fiction, and his most popular book was the Crucible. Social Conscience Millers attitude of sensitivity and sense of responsibility regarding injustice and problems in society affected his work a little bit because people felt he should keep his mouth shut and do what he was born to do, and that was write plays. Joe Grieco, Ronan Seltenreich, Vince Garafola, Ralph Fergo