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1944

[Books] Publications:
  • American Story: Historical Broadcast Series of the NBC Inter-American University of the Air, by Muna Lee (Columbia UP).
  • On Being Good Neighbors, by Mariano Picón Salas, translated by Muna Lee (Division of Intellectual Cooperation, Pan American Union).
  • Pioneers of Puerto Rico, by Muna Lee (Heath).
  • Five Young Americana Poets, poetry by Tennessee Williams (New Directions).

[Birth] February 16: Richard Ford born in Jackson, Mississippi.

[Stage Play]December 26: Tennessee Williams’ play The Glass Menagerie opens in Chicago, starring Laurette Taylor. It is greeted by rave reviews but sparse audiences attend.

[Film] Premiere of the film To Have and Have Not, screenplay by Jules Furthman and William Faulkner.

[Award] Eudora Welty receives a grant in literature from the National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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