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resurface as a character in A Streetcar Named Desire. Besides his job, he eventually returned to school and received degree from the University of Lowa in
1938. In 1939, Williams moved to New Orleans and changed his name from
‗Tom‘ to ‗Tennessee‘ which was the state of his father‘s birth. In 1939, Story magazine published his short story, ―The Field of Blue Children,‖ the first work to
appear under the name ―Tennessee‖ Williams. Earlier that year, he won a Group Theatre prize with American Blues and attracted the interest of New York agent
Audrey Wood, who represented him for the next thirty-two years. Williams met and fell in love with Frank Merlo in 1947 while living in
New Orleans. Merlo was a second generation of Sicilian American who had in the US Navy in World War II. Together they vacationed in Italy where the writer
drew inspiration from the passion for life he felt there. Merlo was a steadying influence in the chaotic life of Williams. However, Frank Merlo died in 1961 of
lung cancer and Williams went into a deep depression that lasted for ten years which he later described as his ‗stoned age‘.
Williams struggled with depression throughout his life. At a young age he suffered a nervous breakdown, and he lived with constant fear that he would go
insane as did his sister Rose. For periods of his life, Williams battled with addictions to prescription drugs and alcohol. He was also tortured by the thoughts
that he had abandoned Merlo at the time of his declining health.