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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] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle), which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
Aug 11, 2023 · Patti Hartigan’s “ 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...
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Aug 7, 2023 · Wilson, who died in 2005, spent so much time lingering in diners that “Writing in Restaurants” is a plausible alternative subtitle for Hartigan’s “August Wilson: A Life.”
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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Jan 24, 2024 · Quick Facts. FULL NAME: Frederick August Kittel. BIRTHDATE: April 27, 1945. BIRTHPLACE: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. DEATH: October 2, 2005. SPOUSE: Constanza Romero (m. 1994-2005), Judy Oliver...
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Aug 7, 2023 · “There is life and there is death. Each of us rides them both.” Wilson believed that African Americans needed to keep their history alive and cherish their heritage — complete with all its ancestors and all its ghosts.
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.
