1. Macsuel Anderson
(December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959)

2. Born
James Macsuel Anderson December 15, 1888 Atlantic, Pennsylvania, US
Died
February 28, 1959 (aged 70) Stamford, Connecticut, US
Pen name
John Nairne Michaelson
Occupation
Playwright
Alma mater
University of North Dakota Stanford University
Spouse
Margaret Haskett (1911–1931†) Gertrude Higger (1933–1953†) Gilda Hazard (1954–1959)

3. James Macsuel Anderson 
(December 15, 1888 – February 28, 1959) was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.
Anderson was born in Atlantic, Pennsylvania, the second of eight children to William Lincoln "Link" Anderson, a Baptist minister, and Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson, both of Scots and Irish descent.
He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1911 and received his M.A. from Stanford University in 1914.

4. He taught briefly, then turned to journalism, working with such newspapers as the Grand Forks Herald, San Francisco Chronicle, andSan Francisco Bulletin. Later, he was an editorial writer for the New Republic, the New York Globe, and the New York World.

5. When Anderson wrote his first play, White Desert, he wrote it in verse because he was weary of "plays in prose that never lifted from the ground." The play failed, however, and Anderson temporarily abandoned his dream of bringing tragic poetry to the American stage. 
Keeping this in mind, he soon composed two very successful dramas in verse--Elizabeth the Queen(1930) and Mary of Scotland (1933). His crowning achievement, however, was still to come.
Unlike his earlier attempt at contemporary verse drama, Winterset was a huge success and won for Anderson the very first New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1935). The next year, Anderson again took the award for High Tor (1936). Other plays include Knickerbocker Holiday (1938), Key Largo(1939), Eve of St. Mark (1942), Joan of Lorraine (1946), Lost in the Stars (1949), Bad Seed (1954), and Both Your Houses (1933) for which Anderson was awarded the Pulitzer Prize.

6. Death
Macsuel Anderson died in Stamford, Connecticut, on February 28, 1959, two days after suffering a stroke. He was 70 years old. He was cremated. Half of his ashes were scattered by the sea near his home in Stamford. The other half was buried in Anderson Cemetery near his birthplace in rural northwestern Pennsylvania.
The inscription on his tombstone reads:
Children of dust astray among the stars
Children of earth adrift upon the night
What is there in our darkness or our light
To linger in prose or claim a singing breath
Save the curt history of life isled in death

7. Answer the questions: When was Macsuel Anderson born?
Where was Macsuel Anderson born?
How old is Macsuel Anderson?
4. When did Macsuel Anderson die?
5. How old was Macsuel Anderson at death?
6. What is the Macsuel pen name?
7. Who is Macsuel Anderson?

8. Sentences True or False?
Anderson was born in Wales, Pennsylvania.
James Macsuel Anderson was an American playwright, author, poet, journalist and lyricist.
His father’s name is William Dickens.
His mother’s name is Charlotte Perrimela Stephenson
He graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1811.
Anderson wrote his first play, White Desert.
Maxwell Anderson died in Stamford, Connecticut, on February 28, 1959.
He was 77 years old.

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