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

    Jan 24, 2024 · Quick Facts. Early Life and Education. Plays: 'Fences, 'The Pittsburgh Cycle,' 'The Piano Lesson' Death. Personal Life. Who Was August Wilson? Famed playwright August Wilson wrote his...

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

    Sep 28, 2024 · August Wilson 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. Learn more about Wilson’s life and works in this article.

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

    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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    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 ...

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

    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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  10. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersAugust Wilson biography and timeline - PBS

    Jan 28, 2015 · August Wilson (1945 – 2005) was an award-winning American playwright whose work illuminated the joys and struggles of the African-American experience in the United States during the 20th...