Arthur Miller Born in a well-to-do Jewish manufacturer's family in 1915 Experienced the Great Depression Educated in the University of Michigan Had odd job as waiter,truck driver, factory worker,etc. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949Arthur Miller Born in a well-to-do Jewish manufacturer’s family in 1915 Experienced the Great Depression Educated in the University of Michigan Had odd job as waiter, truck driver, factory worker, etc. Won the Pulitzer Prize in 1949