August Wilson
Playwright, TV Writer
1945 – 2005
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Who was August Wilson?
August Wilson was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each is set in a different decade, depicting the comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the twentieth century.
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- Born
- Apr 27, 1945
Pittsburgh - Also known as
- Frederick August Kittlel Jr.
- Frederick August Kittel
- august_wilson
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Constanza Romero
(1994 - 2005/10/02) - Judy Oliver
(1981 - 1990) - Brenda Burton
(1969 - 1972)
- Constanza Romero
- Children
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Central Catholic High School
- Doctor of Humanities, University of Pittsburgh
Humanities
- Lived in
- Saint Paul
(1978 - 1990) - Seattle
(1990 - 2005/10/02)
- Saint Paul
- Died
- Oct 2, 2005
Seattle
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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