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   2 Credits. American Masters. 2015. August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand.

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   August Wilson (1945-2005) August Wilson. August Wilson once dropped out of school, disillusioned after having been unjustly accused of plagiarism by a racist instructor who could not fathom the artistic and intellectual genius of a then young Black male writer. Wilson was not disillusioned forever.

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   • Birth Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA

   • Death Date: January 1, 1
   • Death Place: Seattle, Washington, USA

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   Oct 2, 2005 · August Wilson (1945–2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle, which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century. Plays in the series include, Jitney (1982), Fences (1984), Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ...

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   August Wilson. Highest Rated: 92% Fences (2016) Lowest Rated: 76% On Broadway (2019) Birthday: Apr 27, 1945. Birthplace: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Celebrated for his penetrating studies of ...

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

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   • 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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   • They write new content and verify and edit content received from contributors. 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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   • Although no book-length biographies of August Wilson have been published, Mary Ellen Snodgrass's August Wilson: A Literary Companion (2004) contains a detailed chronology of Wilson’s life, and Sandra Garrett Shannon's The Dramatic Vision of August Wilson (1995) has a section on Wilson’s development as a young writer.

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   Why did August Wilson drop out of school?

   • August Wilson once dropped out of school, disillusioned after having been unjustly accused of plagiarism by a racist instructor who could not fathom the artistic and intellectual genius of a then young Black male writer. Wilson was not disillusioned forever.

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   Where was Wilson's first play produced?

   • was produced at St. Paul's Penumbra Theatre in 1981. Wilson's breakthrough occurred when Lloyd Richards --then Dean and Artistic Director of the Yale Repertory Theatre--brought Wilson to the Eugene O'Neill National Playwrights Conference and premiered his plays at the Yale Repertory Theatre in New Haven, Connecticut, USA.

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   August Wilson Movies. Born in April 27th, 1945. From Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Biography Movies TV Shows Videos. Ma Rainey's Black Bottom: A Legacy Brought to Screen. December 18, 2020.