American playwright (1888–1953) who occupies a central place in the history of twentieth-century drama. Among his most famous works are The Iceman Cometh, Mourning Becomes Electra, and Long Day’s Journey into Night. A four-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, he was also awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1936. Vintage fountain pen signature, “Eugene O’Neill,” on the reverse of a Cloister, Sea Island Beach, Georgia mailing envelope addressed in O’Neill’s hand to Leonardo Andrea in South Carolina and postmarked December 9, 1932. A touch of mild soiling and handling wear, otherwise fine condition. R&R COA.
