Literature
A Streetcar Named Desire
In 1947 playwright Tennessee Williams premiered A Streetcar Named Desire, a critically acclaimed theatrical work that won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 1948.
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6.9 f., 6.10 b. African Slavery in French Colonial Louisiana
Enslaved Africans and people of African descent played key roles in nearly every aspect of the development of Louisiana.
Art
Alexander Stolin
A native of the Ukraine, artist Alexander Stolin maintains a home and studio in Madisonville, Louisiana.
Art
Billy Solitario
Landscape painter Billy Solitario prefers to capture the natural world by painting en plein air, or painting in nature, a style popular among the Impressionists of the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries.
Music
Britney Spears
Spears is one of the best-known artists to emerge from Louisiana, having achieved international commercial success at an early age.
Literature
Clara Solomon
Clara Solomon is best known for her diary, which chronicles her experiences in New Orleans during the Civil War.
Music
Emanuel Sayles
Emanuel Sayles was a New Orleans traditional jazz, blues, and rhythm and blues singer, banjoist and guitarist.
Literature
Evelyn Scott
Evelyn Scott began her literary career as a poet but expanded into other literary genres, including short stories, essays, novels, memoir, and drama.
Music
François-Michel Samuel Snaër
Samuel Snaer was a respected composer and musician in nineteenth century New Orleans.
Government, Politics & Law
Frank Summers
Frank Summers served as the Chief Justice of the Louisiana Supreme Court from 1979 to 1980.
Government, Politics & Law
George Foster Shepley
General George Shepley became the military governor of federally-occupied Louisiana in June 1862 and served until March 1864.
Art
George Schmidt
George Schmidt is a New Orleans painter and musician whose paintings can be found at Generations Hall and the Inter-Continental Hotel.
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