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Tennessee Williams was one of the most important playwrights of the twentieth century.

Tim Gautreaux writes critically acclaimed novels and short fiction about Louisiana and Acadian culture.

Playwright Tony Kushner, one-time resident of Lake Charles, is the author of prizewinning drama "Angels in America."

New Orleans-born author Truman Capote wrote the first nonfiction novel, "In Cold Blood" in 1966.

Walker Percy incorporated the culture and traditions of Louisiana in particular, and the South in general, into his literary work.

Nobel Prize-winning author William Faulkner lived in New Orleans and wrote some of his earliest works there.

Born in Scott, where he still maintains a home, Zachary Richard is a musician, poet, environmentalist, and cultural activist.

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