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  1. Aug 7, 2023 · This is the first major biography of Wilson, whose 10-play Century Cycle (also called the Pittsburgh Cycle) made him arguably the most important and successful playwright of the late 20th...

  2. Aug 15, 2023 · The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright 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 play for each decade.

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    • Patti Hartigan
  3. Aug 11, 2023 · Patti Hartigans “ August Wilson: A Life,” an invaluable and highly absorbing new biography, traces Wilson’s groundbreaking trajectory from his penurious beginnings to his death at age 60 in...

    • Charles Mcnulty
    • Theater Critic
    • charles.mcnulty@latimes.com
  4. Nov 14, 2023 · Biographer Patti Hartigan joins us for a deep dive into her book, August Wilson: A Life. On day one, we learn about Wilson's childhood and education in Pittsburgh. Our series Full Bio returns, and this month we are focusing on the life of pioneering playwright August Wilson.

  5. Aug 15, 2023 · Wilson's life is the quintessential American story, a winding tale that took him from a two-room cold-water flat in Pittsburgh to the nation's most prestigious stages. His life is...

  6. The first authoritative biography of August Wilson, the most important and successful American playwright 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 play for each decade.

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  8. Despite illegitimacy and a mischievous, argumentative temperament, the young Frederick Kittel transformed himself into August Wilson, a library hound reader of anything and everything, determined to make his way as a writer, initially attempting poetry and subsequently trying his luck writing plays.

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