Arthur Miller

Arthur Miller is one of the most brilliant American play writes of the twentieth century and a celebrity of many people throughout the world. Miller has lived a very peculiar life. Besides living through a rough early life, he luckily found his way to write some of the best novels. His most commonly known novels are The Death of a Salesman and The Crucible.
He was born in October of 1915 in New York City. He is the middle child, having an older brother and a younger sister. He is the son of a ladies-wear manufacturer who was ruined during the economic collapse of the 1930s. This brought an end to his families income, so they were surrounded by poverty. As a young man during the Great Depression, Miller was shaped by the poverty that surrounded him, which demonstrated to him the insecurity of modern existence. After graduation from high school he worked in a warehouse so that he could earn enough money to attend the University of Michigan, where he began to write plays. H...