Playwright Eugene O'Neill won the Nobel literature prize in 1936; other acclaimed U.S. dramatists include multiple Pulitzer Prize winners Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee, and August Wilson.
Dramatikeren Eugene O'Neill vandt i 1936 Nobel prisen i litteratur; af andre anmelderroste amerikanske dramatiker kan nævnes flere vindere af Pulitzerprisen, heraf Tennessee Williams, Edward Albee og August Wilson.