Who Is Arthur Miller's No Villain?

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Arthur miller was born in the year 1915 in Harlem, New York. His father owned a coat manufacturing business but unfortunately the business didn’t last and lost almost everything in 1929. And because of this he and his family had to move to Flatbush, Brooklyn. He attended the University of Michigan. During his time in college he won the school’s Avery Hopwood Award for his first play, No Villain. After this he moved back East to pursue his career as a playwright. And soon after that he married his college girlfriend, Mary Grace, and had two kids, Joan and Robert. He then divorced her in 1956 and married the famous Marilyn Monroe but this marriage didn’t last. But other than that he won many awards for the great work he did.
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