who wrote an inspector calls

The play "An Inspector Calls" was written by the English dramatist J. B. Priestley. It was first performed in 1945 in the Soviet Union and then in London in 1946. The play is one of Priestley's best-known works and is considered a classic of mid-20th century English theatre. It reflects Priestley's socialist political principles and offers a critique of the social inequalities of the time.