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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 African-American community in the 20th century.
Explore the life of August Wilson, a playwright celebrated for his Pittsburgh Cycle plays, including Pulitzer Prize winners "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson." ...
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Explore the life and legacy of playwright August Wilson (April 27, 1945–October 2, 2005), the man some call America's Shakespeare, from his roots as an activ...
Feb 14, 2017 · 50.7M. Fences is a 1983 play by American playwright August Wilson. Set in the 1950s, it is the sixth in Wilson's ten-part "Pittsburgh Cycle". Like all of the "Pittsburgh" plays, Fences explores the evolving African-American experience and examines race relations, among other themes. The play won the 1987 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and the 1987 ...
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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No other American playwright has completed such an ambitious oeuvre than August Wilson, who wrote a series of ten plays celebrating African American life in ...
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