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August Wilson, eigentlich Frederick August Kittel, Jr. (* 27. April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; † 2. Oktober 2005 in Seattle, Washington ), war ein amerikanischer Dramatiker und Bühnenautor sowie zweifacher Pulitzer-Preisträger. Er wurde 2005 für sein Lebenswerk mit dem Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ausgezeichnet.
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 ...
23. Apr. 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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3. Okt. 2005 · Der zweifache Pulitzer-Preisträger August Wilson, der zu den bedeutendsten afroamerikanischen Autoren zählt, ist tot. Er starb im Alter von 60 Jahren in einem Krankenhaus in Seattle....
The most accomplished of all African American dramatists in the last half of the 20th century, August Wilson, a high-school dropout and Black Power activist in the 1960s, opened his first major play, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, on Broadway in 1984 with great critical and commercial success.
24. Jan. 2024 · Learn about the life and work of August Wilson, a Pulitzer Prize-winning African American playwright who explored the Black experience in America. Find out about his famous plays, such as Fences and The Piano Lesson, and his personal and professional achievements.
3. Aug. 2023 · The Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater - The New York Times. Book Excerpt. The Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater. In this excerpt from “August Wilson: A...
