What is Eugene O'Neill?
{{nobelprize|Literature}} {{Infobox writer <!-- for more information see [[:Template:Infobox writer/doc]] --> | image = ONeill-Eugene-LOC.jpg | caption = Portrait of O'Neill by [[Alice Boughton]] | birth_name = Eugene Gladstone O'Neill | birth_date = {{birth date|mf=yes|1888|10|16}} | birth_place = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]], U.S. | death_date = {{death date and age|mf=yes|1953|11|27|1888|10|16}} | death_place = [[Boston]], [[Massachusetts]], U.S. | occupation = Playwright | spouse = {{marriage|Kathleen Jenkins|1909|1912|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Agnes Boulton]]|1918|1929|end=divorced}}<br />{{marriage|[[Carlotta Monterey]]<br />|1929}} | children = {{hlist|[[Eugene O'Neill Jr.|Eugene Jr.]]|Shane|[[Oona O'Neill|Oona]]}} | relatives = {{plainlist}} * [[Charlie Chaplin]] (son in-law) * [[Geraldine Chaplin]] (granddaughter) * [[Oona Chaplin]] (great-granddaughter) {{endplainlist}} | parents = [[James O'Neill (actor, born 1847)|James O'Neill]]<br />[[Ella O'Neill|Mary Ellen Quinlan]] | awards = [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] (1936)<br />[[Pulitzer Prize for Drama]] (1920, 1922, 1928, 1957)<br />[[Tony Award for Best Play]] (1957) | signature = Eugene O'Neill signature.svg }} '''Eugene Gladstone O'Neill''' (October 16, 1888 &ndash; November 27, 1953) was an [[Americans|American]] playwright. He was awarded the [[Nobel Prize in Literature]] in 1936. He won four [[Pulitzer Prize]]s throughout the 1920s and one even after his death in 1957. ==Early life== O'Neill was born on October 16, 1888 in a [[hotel]] room in [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]].<ref name=nyt>{{cite news|author=Arthur Gelb|title=O'Neill's Birthplace Is Marked By Plaque at Times Square Site|url=http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F00910F73B5C127A93C5A8178BD95F438585F9|page=35|work=The New York Times|date=1957-10-17|accessdate= 2008-11-13}}</ref> He studied at [[Princeton University]] and at [[Harvard University]]. O'Neill's parents were [[immigrant]]s from [[Irela