August Wilson (1945–2005)
Autor von Fences
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Playwright August Wilson was born on April 27, 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. His experiences of living in a primarily black community and then being the only black student in his class at a Roman Catholic high school would inform his dramatic writings. He dropped out of school at the age of 15 mehr anzeigen and continued his education on his own. Wilson wrote a ten play cycle that chronicles each decade of the black experience in the 20th century. Each of his plays focuses on what he perceived as the largest issue to confront African-Americans in that decade. He won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama for Fences and Piano Lesson, the best play Tony Award for Fences, and seven New York Drama Critics' Circle awards. He also received the Whiting Foundation Award, the American Theatre Critics Award, the 1999 National Humanities Medal awarded by the President, and numerous honorary degrees. He died of liver cancer on October 2, 2005 at the age of 60. (Bowker Author Biography) weniger anzeigen
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Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, and Drama (1995) — Mitwirkender, einige Ausgaben — 915 Exemplare
A World of Ideas : Conversations With Thoughtful Men and Women About American Life Today and the Ideas Shaping Our… (1989) — Interviewee — 548 Exemplare
The Actor's Book of Contemporary Stage Monologues: More Than 150 Monologues from More Than 70 Playwrights (1987) — Mitwirkender — 178 Exemplare
The Actor's Book of Scenes from New Plays: 70 Scenes for Two Actors, from Today's Hottest Playwrights (1988) — Mitwirkender — 80 Exemplare
Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama (Mentor Series) (1992) — Playwright — 29 Exemplare
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- Gebräuchlichste Namensform
- Wilson, August
- Rechtmäßiger Name
- Kittel, Jr., Frederick August
- Geburtstag
- 1945-04-27
- Todestag
- 2005-10-02
- Begräbnisort
- Greenwood Memorial Park Cemetery, Lower Burrell, Pennsylvania, USA
- Geschlecht
- male
- Nationalität
- USA
- Geburtsort
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
- Sterbeort
- Seattle, Washington, USA
- Wohnorte
- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
St. Paul, Minnesota, USA
Seattle, Washington, USA - Ausbildung
- Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
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- American Academy of Arts and Letters (Literature ∙ 1995)
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- National Humanities Medal (1999)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (Literature, 1992)
Whiting Writers' Award (1986)
Pulitzer Prize for Drama (1987, 1990)
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