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1. www.wnyc.org › story › final-years-august-wilsonThe Final Years of August Wilson (Full Bio) | All Of It | WNYC

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   Our series Full Bio returns, and this month we are focusing on the life of pioneering playwright August Wilson, who won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice, and whose plays focus on the life of...

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   Browse Getty Images' premium collection of high-quality, authentic August Wilson photos & royalty-free pictures, taken by professional Getty Images photographers. Available in multiple sizes and formats to fit your needs.

4. www.biography.com › authors-writers › august-wilsonAugust Wilson: Biography, African-American Playwright, Fences

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   Jan 24, 2024 · BIRTHPLACE: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. DEATH: October 2, 2005. SPOUSE: Constanza Romero (m. 1994-2005), Judy Oliver (m. 1981-1990), Brenda Burton (m. 1969-1972) CHILDREN: Sakina Ansari....

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6. www.britannica.com › biography › August-WilsonAugust Wilson | Biography, Plays, Movies, Ma Rainey, & Facts ...

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   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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   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]

8. www.playbill.com › article › playwright-augustPlaywright August Wilson, Who Chronicled African-American ...

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   August Wilson Photo by Aubrey Reuben. He died at Swedish Hospital in Seattle, surrounded by his family, said Dena Levitin, Wilson's personal assistant. Wilson had revealed in late...

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   When did August Wilson die?

   • 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. He won Pulitzer Prizes for two of them: Fences and The Piano Lesson.

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   Who is August Wilson?

   • 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".

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   What did August Wilson do for a living?

   • Wilson received numerous honours during his career, including seven New York Drama Critics’ Circle Awards for best play. He also held Guggenheim and Rockefeller fellowships. Shortly after his death, the Virginia Theater on Broadway was renamed in his honour. The August Wilson Center for African American Culture opened in Pittsburgh in 2009.

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   How old was August Wilson when he became a poet?

   • When he was 15 years old, Wilson pursued an independent education at Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, where he would earn his high school diploma. Following his father's death in 1965, a 20-year-old Wilson adopted the pen name "August Wilson" — reportedly an homage to his mother — and declared himself a poet.

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   When did August Wilson write a play?

   • Famed playwright August Wilson wrote his first play, Jitney, in 1979. Fences earned him a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 1987. Wilson won another Pulitzer Prize in 1990, for The Piano Lesson. In 1996, Seven Guitars premiered on the Broadway stage, followed by King Hedley II in 2001 and Gem of the Ocean in 2004.

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10. magazine.ucsc.edu › 2021 › 10Constanza Romero: Preserving the legacy of playwright August ...

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    Yet it’s her role as widow and executor of the estate of Pulitzer Prize–winning playwright August Wilson, whose work chronicled Black life in the 20 th century, that is the focus of her considerable energy right now.