ELIA KAZAN'S previous novels are America America, The Arrangement, The Assassins, The Understudy, and Acts of Love. His productions as a theatrical director have included The Skin of Our Teeth, A Streetcar Named Desire, Death of a Salesman, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, and After the Fall. He received Academy Awards as director for Gentleman's Agreement in 1947 and On the Waterfront in 1954. His other films include A Streetcar Named Desire, Viva Zapata, East of Eden, Baby Doll, A Face in the Crowd, Splendor in the Grass, and America America.