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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 (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.
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.
Complete order of Thornton Wilder books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
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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.
Feb 13, 2021 · Thornton Wilder's "Our Town" may be the best known, most widely produced and deceptively simple of American plays. (SOUNDBITE OF FILM, "OUR TOWN")
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...
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.
The under-appreciated rich, thoughtful and generous life of Thornton Wilder is under-appreciated no more. Penelope Niven’s biography doesn’t embellish the facts but lets Wilder’s words and accomplishments quietly speak for themselves, fascinating chapter by fascinating chapter.
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