Who wrote the play "Death of a Salesman"?

The play Death of a Salesman was written by the American playwright Arthur Miller. First performed in 1949, it follows Willy Loman, an aging travelling salesman whose memories, hopes, and disappointments collide during the final period of his life.

Miller’s two-act tragedy is set largely in Brooklyn and examines the pressure of the American Dream. Willy believes that personal charm and popularity guarantee success, but his faith in that idea conflicts with his financial troubles and his son Biff’s refusal to become the businessman he expects. The play moves fluidly between present action, remembered events, fantasies, and hallucinations.

The title is sometimes confused with the careers of real salespeople or with another work about business failure, but it refers specifically to Miller’s play and its central character. Its subtitle is Certain Private Conversations in Two Acts and a Requiem.

Death of a Salesman premiered on Broadway at the Morosco Theatre on February 10, 1949. It won both the Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the Tony Award for Best Play, securing Miller’s place as one of the major American dramatists of the twentieth century.