尤金·奥尼尔(1888—1952),是美国戏剧的拓荒人,他一生共4次获普利策奖(1920,1922,1928,1957),并于1936年获诺贝尔文学奖。他的戏剧创作不但在美国影响深远,被认为是美国的戏剧之父,而且在国际上享有崇高的声誉,不少评论家和文学史家将他列为20世纪世界最杰出的剧作家之一。 Eugene O’Neill (1888-1952), a pioneer of American drama, won Pulitzer Prizes four times in his life (1920, 1922, 1928, 1957) and in 1936 he received the Nobel Prize in Literature. Not only is his dramatic creation far-reaching in the United States, he is considered the father of drama in the United States, and enjoys a high reputation in the world. Many critics and literary historians have listed him as one of the world’s most prominent playwrights in the 20th century.