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Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes , for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth , and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day .
Thornton Wilder (1897–1975) was a pivotal figure in the literary history of the twentieth-century. He is the only writer to win Pulitzer Prizes for both fiction and drama. He received the Pulitzer for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1927) and the plays Our Town (1938) and The Skin of Our Teeth (1942).
Apr 16, 2024 · Thornton Wilder (born April 17, 1897, Madison, Wisconsin, U.S.—died December 7, 1975, Hamden, Connecticut) was an American writer whose innovative novels and plays reflect his views of the universal truths in human nature. He is probably best known for his plays.
By the time he died on December 7, 1975, at his home in Hamden, Connecticut, Thornton Wilder was an American icon, and an internationally famous playwright and novelist. To this day, his works are read, performed and appreciated by audiences worldwide. The Wilder Family. The Wilder family did not just produce one brilliant writer and thinker.
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Born in Madison, Wisconsin, and educated at Yale and Princeton, Thornton Wilder (1897-1975) was an accomplished novelist and playwright whose works explore the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic dimensions of human experience.
Dec 8, 1975 · Thornton Wilder, who won three Pulitzer Prizes for his writing, died yesterday in his sleep at his home in Hamden, Conn. He was 78 years old. The playwright and novelist suffered a heart...
Thornton Wilder’s most frequently performed play, Our Town appeared on Broadway in 1938 to wide acclaim, and won the Pulitzer Prize. From the very beginning, Our Town has been produced throughout the world.
Apr 14, 2022 · Thornton Wilder, “Eddy Greater”. “Wilder is a novelist of morals. . . . They are answers found by individuals to the old problems of faith, hope, charity or love, art, duty, submission to one’s fate . . . and hence they are relatively universal; they can be illustrated from the lives of any individuals, in any place, at any time since ...
Dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of Thornton Wilder, a three time Pulitzer Prize winner and the only winner for both fiction and drama.
