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  1. Sep 28, 2024 · August Wilson (born April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 2, 2005, Seattle, Washington) was a playwright who penned an acclaimed cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century, about Black American life.

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  2. 3 days ago · James Harold Wilson, Baron Wilson of Rievaulx, KG, OBE, PC, FRS, FSS (11 March 1916 – 24 May 1995) [a] was a British statesman and Labour Party politician who was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom twice, from 1964 to 1970 and again from 1974 to 1976.

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    3 days ago · Rebel Melanie Elizabeth Wilson (born Melanie Elizabeth Bownds; [note 1] 2 March 1980) is an Australian actress and producer. After graduating from the Australian Theatre for Young People in 2003, Wilson began appearing in the SBS comedy series Pizza (2003–2007) and later appeared in the sketch comedy show The Wedge (2006–2007).

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    2 days ago · Since the 1980s, his influence has extended to styles such as post-punk, indie rock, emo, dream pop, Shibuya-kei, and chillwave. Wilson's accolades include numerous industry awards, inductions into multiple music halls of fame, and entries on several "greatest of all time" critics' rankings.

  5. Oct 2, 2024 · August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the “theater’s poet of Black America”. [1]

  6. Oct 5, 2024 · When Wilson passed away in 2005 at the age of sixty, he was a towering and influential figure. Patti Hartigan first interviewed August Wilson in 1987 and her last interview with the playwright took place in 2005. In between, as a critic and arts reporter for the Boston Globe, Hartigan interviewed Wilson numerous times. She knows her subject ...

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  8. Sep 22, 2024 · The “masterful” (The Wall Street Journal), “invaluable” (Los Angeles Times) first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwriting of the late 20th century, by a theater critic who knew him.August Wilson wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in the 20th century, one ...

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