Editing Tennessee Williams (section)

==Posthumous recognition==
[[File:The grave of poet and playwright Tennessee Williams in Calvary Cemetery, St. Louis, Missouri.jpg|thumb|upright=1|Williams' grave at Calvary Cemetery in [[St. Louis]]]]
From February 1 to July 21, 2011, to commemorate the 100th anniversary of his birth, the [[Harry Ransom Center]] at the University of Texas at Austin, the home of Williams's archive, exhibited 250 of his personal items. The exhibit, titled "Becoming Tennessee Williams", included a collection of Williams manuscripts, correspondence, photographs and artwork.<ref name=Exhibit>[http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2011/williams/ "Becoming Tennessee Williams"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110322175611/http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/exhibitions/2011/williams/ |date=March 22, 2011 }} Exhibit at the University of Texas of Austin, Feb 1 to July 31, 2011</ref> The Ransom Center holds the earliest and largest collections of Williams's papers, including all of his earliest manuscripts, the papers of his mother Edwina Williams, and those of his long-time agent [[Audrey Wood (literary agent)|Audrey Wood]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00135p1 |title=Tennessee Williams: An Inventory of His Collection at the Harry Ransom Center |website=norman.hrc.utexas.edu |access-date=February 29, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303071433/http://norman.hrc.utexas.edu/fasearch/findingAid.cfm?eadid=00135p1 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In late 2009, Williams was inducted into the Poets' Corner at the Cathedral of Saint John the Divine in New York. Performers and artists who took part in his induction included [[Vanessa Redgrave]], playwright [[John Guare]], [[Eli Wallach]], [[Sylvia Miles]], [[Gregory Mosher]], and Ben (Griessmeyer) Berry.<ref name="wickedlocal1">{{cite web |last=Rand |first=Susan |url=http://www.wickedlocal.com/wellfleet/fun/entertainment/arts/x2087397507/Photo-Gallery-Tennessee-Williams-inducted-into-Poets-Corner |title=Photo Gallery: Tennessee Williams inducted into Poets' Corner |work=Wicked Local Wellfleet |date=November 15, 2009 |publisher=[[GateHouse Media]] |location=[[Perinton, New York]] |access-date=February 23, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110520063421/http://www.wickedlocal.com/wellfleet/fun/entertainment/arts/x2087397507/Photo-Gallery-Tennessee-Williams-inducted-into-Poets-Corner |archive-date=May 20, 2011}}</ref>

The Tennessee Williams Theatre in Key West, Florida, is named for him. The Tennessee Williams Key West Exhibit on Truman Avenue houses rare Williams memorabilia, photographs, and pictures including his famous typewriter.

At the time of his death, Williams had been working on a final play, ''[[In Masks Outrageous and Austere]]'',<ref name=Independent>{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/tennessee-williams-a-tormented-playwright-who-unzipped-his-heart-2251954.html |title=Tennessee Williams: A tormented playwright who unzipped his heart |work=[[The Independent]] |first=Paul|last=Taylor|date=March 25, 2011 |access-date=May 17, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110326044232/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/tennessee-williams-a-tormented-playwright-who-unzipped-his-heart-2251954.html |archive-date=March 26, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref> which attempted to reconcile certain forces and facts of his own life. This was a continuing theme in his work. As of September 2007, author [[Gore Vidal]] was completing the play, and [[Peter Bogdanovich]] was slated to direct its Broadway debut.<ref name="test">{{cite news |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/bwiddicombe/2007/09/11/2007-09-11_a_new_tennessee_williams_play_reaches_br.html |title=A 'new' Tennessee Williams play reaches Broadway |work=[[Daily News (New York)|New York Daily News]] |date=September 11, 2007 |access-date=February 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110117091331/http://www.nydailynews.com/gossip/bwiddicombe/2007/09/11/2007-09-11_a_new_tennessee_williams_play_reaches_br.html |archive-date=January 17, 2011 |url-status=live  }}</ref> The play received its world premiere in New York City in April 2012, directed by [[David Schweizer (director)|David Schweizer]] and starring [[Shirley Knight]] as Babe.<ref>{{cite news |first=Adam |last=Kepler z|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/theater/heroine-is-chosen-for-last-williams-play.html |title=Heroine Is Chosen for Last Williams Play |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |date=March 4, 2012 |access-date=March 12, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308070903/http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/05/theater/heroine-is-chosen-for-last-williams-play.html |archive-date=March 8, 2012 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

The rectory of St. Paul's Episcopal Church in Columbus, Mississippi, where Williams's grandfather Dakin was rector at the time of Williams's birth, was moved to another location in 1993 for preservation. It was newly renovated in 2010 for use by the City of Columbus as the Tennessee Williams Welcome Center.<ref>{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Poe |url=http://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=7802 |title=Newly renovated Tennessee Williams home debuts |work=[[The Commercial Dispatch]] |date=September 10, 2010 |access-date=February 23, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708131126/http://www.cdispatch.com/lifestyles/article.asp?aid=7802 |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>[http://www.thecityofcolumbusms.org/primary.asp?t=9&p=66 "Tennessee Williams Welcome Center," official website of the City of Columbus, Mississippi] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212210036/http://www.thecityofcolumbusms.org/primary.asp?t=9&p=66 |date=December 12, 2013 }}, accessed October 20, 2013.</ref>

Williams's literary legacy is represented by the literary agency headed by [[Georges Borchardt]].

In 1985, French author-composer [[Michel Berger]] wrote a song dedicated to Tennessee Williams, "[[Quelque chose de Tennessee]]" (Something of Tennessee), for [[Johnny Hallyday]]. It became one of the singer's more famous songs.

Since 1986, the [[Tennessee Williams & New Orleans Literary Festival|Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival]] has been held annually in New Orleans, Louisiana, in commemoration of the playwright. The festival takes place at the end of March to coincide with Williams's birthday.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ |title=Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival |access-date=February 8, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060203070237/http://www.tennesseewilliams.net/ |archive-date=February 3, 2006 |url-status=live  }}</ref>

''The Tennessee Williams Songbook''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.twwordsandmusic.com/the-project/|title=The Project|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424193739/http://www.twwordsandmusic.com/the-project/|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a one woman show written and directed by David Kaplan, a Williams scholar and curator of [[Provincetown]]'s Tennessee Williams Festival, and starring Tony Award nominated actress [[Alison Fraser]]. The show features songs taken from plays of Williams's canon, woven together with text to create a new narrative. The show premiered at the Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.myneworleans.com/the-tennessee-williams-new-orleans-literary-festival-celebrates-the-williams-songbook/|title=The Tennessee Williams/New Orleans Literary Festival celebrates the Williams Songbook|date=May 31, 2013}}</ref>  The show was recorded on CD and distributed by [[Ghostlight Records]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ghostlightrecords.com/alison-fraser-tennessee-williams-words-and-music.html|title=Alison Fraser 'Tennessee Williams: Words And Music'|website=Ghostlight Records|access-date=May 3, 2019|archive-date=June 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615152645/http://www.ghostlightrecords.com/alison-fraser-tennessee-williams-words-and-music.html|url-status=dead}}</ref>

In 2014 Williams was one of the inaugural honorees in the [[Rainbow Honor Walk]], a [[List of halls and walks of fame|walk of fame]] in San Francisco's [[Castro District, San Francisco|Castro neighborhood]] noting [[LGBTQ]] people who have "made significant contributions in their fields."<ref name=":022">{{cite web|url=https://quirkytravelguy.com/lgbt-walk-fame-rainbow-honor-san-francisco/|title=The Rainbow Honor Walk: San Francisco's LGBT Walk of Fame|last=Shelter|first=Scott|date=March 14, 2016|website=Quirky Travel Guy|language=en-US|access-date=July 28, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|title=Castro's Rainbow Honor Walk Dedicated Today: SFist|date=September 2, 2014|website=SFist - San Francisco News, Restaurants, Events, & Sports|access-date=August 13, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190810075052/https://sfist.com/2014/09/02/castros_rainbow_honor_walk_dedicate/|archive-date=August 10, 2019|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{cite web|url=http://www.gaysonoma.com/2016/07/second-lgbt-honorees-selected-for-san-franciscos-rainbow-honor-walk/|title=Second LGBT Honorees Selected for San Francisco's Rainbow Honor Walk|last=Carnivele|first=Gary|date=July 2, 2016|website=We The People|access-date=August 12, 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans was founded by Co-Artistic Directors Nick Shackleford and Augustin J Correro. The New Orleans–based non-profit theatre company is the first year-round professional theatre company that focuses exclusively on the works of Williams.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.twtheatrenola.com/ |title=The Tennessee Williams Theatre Company of New Orleans &#124; Home |access-date=February 26, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190227060216/https://www.twtheatrenola.com/ |archive-date=February 27, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{quote box|width=30em|bgcolor=cornsilk|fontsize=100%|salign=center|quote= "[T]here used to be two streetcars in New Orleans. One was named ''Desire'' and the other was called ''Cemeteries''. To get where you were going, you changed from the first to the second. In [his] stories and in those plays, Tennessee validated with his genius our common ticket of transfer."—Biographer and critic [[Gore Vidal]] in  the Introduction to ''Tennessee Williams: Collected Stories'' (1985)<ref>{{cite book |last1=Vidal |first1=Gore |title=Introduction to Tennessee Williams: Collected Stories |date=1985 |publisher=New Directions Publishing |location=New York |isbn=0-8112-0952-0 |pages=xix-xxv |edition=First}}</ref>}}
Since 2016, St. Louis, Missouri has held an annual Tennessee Williams Festival, featuring a main production and related events such as literary discussions and new plays inspired by his work. In 2018 the festival produced ''A Streetcar Named Desire''.

The [[U.S. Postal Service]] honored Williams on a stamp issued on October 13, 1995 as part of its literary arts series.<ref>{{cite book |last1=Holditch |first1=W. Kenneth |last2=Leavitt |first2=Richard Freeman |title=Tennessee Williams and the South |date=2002 |publisher=[[University Press of Mississippi]] |page=54 |isbn=978-1-57-806410-6 |oclc=48876482 }}</ref>

Williams is honored with a star on the [[St. Louis Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web| url=http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement| title=St. Louis Walk of Fame Inductees| publisher=St. Louis Walk of Fame| access-date=April 25, 2013| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121031162946/http://www.stlouiswalkoffame.org/inductees/?view=achievement| archive-date=October 31, 2012| url-status=dead| df=mdy-all}}</ref> He is also inducted into the [[Clarksdale Walk of Fame]].<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IKv82hw_9usC&q=Clarksdale+walk+of+fame&pg=PA16|title=I'm Feeling the Blues Right Now: Blues Tourism in the Mississippi Delta|last=King|first=Stephen A.|publisher=Univ. Press of Mississippi|year=2011|isbn=978-1-61703-011-6|pages=16|language=en}}</ref>

On October 17, 2019, the [[Mississippi Writers Trail]] installed a historical marker commemorating William's literary contributions during his namesake festival produced by the City of Clarksdale, Mississippi.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Mississippi Writers Trail Unveils Marker Honoring Tennessee Williams {{!}} Mississippi Development Authority|url=https://www.mississippi.org/news-room/mississippi-writers-trail-unveils-marker-honoring-tennessee-williams/|access-date=June 16, 2020|website=Mississippi.org|archive-date=June 16, 2020|date=October 17, 2019|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200616220255/https://www.mississippi.org/news-room/mississippi-writers-trail-unveils-marker-honoring-tennessee-williams/ }}</ref>