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2. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › August_WilsonAugust Wilson - Wikipedia

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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 ...

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   • Born: Frederick August Kittel Jr., April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.

   • Occupation: Author, playwright
   • Resting place: Greenwood Cemetery (Pittsburgh)

3. www.britannica.com › biography › August-WilsonAugust Wilson | Biography, Plays, Movies, Ma Rainey, & Facts

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   Apr 23, 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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   Jan 24, 2024 · Who Was August Wilson? Quick Facts. Early Life and Education. Plays: 'Fences, 'The Pittsburgh Cycle,' 'The Piano Lesson' Death. Personal Life. Who Was August Wilson? Famed playwright...

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   Jan 28, 2015 · August Wilson (1945 – 2005) was an award-winning American playwright whose work illuminated the joys and struggles of the African-American experience in the United States during the 20th...

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   • Ethnicity: *German (father) *African-American (mother) August Wilson was an American playwright. He is known for his works Fences, The Piano Lesson, Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom, and Joe Turner’s Come and Gone, among others. August was born Frederick August Kittel, the son of Daisy Zerola (Wilson) and Frederick Kittel.

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   Why did August Wilson write fences?

   • The reality of the condition that surrounds African- Americans and how to navigate the social constructs of race, class, age, and gender. These are some of the reasons why Wilson decides to write Fences.

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   Did August Wilson have children?

   • Is a highly successful playwright. He and his wife, costume designer Constanza Romero, had one daughter, Azula Carmen Wilson, in 1997. Wilson and his first wife, Brenda Burton, had a daughter, Sakina Ansari, in 1969. Won Broadway's 1987 Tony Award as author of Best Play winner "Fences."

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   • August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle, which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century.Plays in the series include, Jitney (1982), Fences (1984), Ma ...

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8. www.nytimes.com › 2023/08/03 › theaterThe Playwright Who Changed the Face of American Theater

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   Aug 3, 2023 · AUGUST WILSON WAS SETTLING IN to the life of an itinerant playwright. He had been invited back to the O’Neill for the 1983 National Playwrights Conference for a workshop of “Fences,” and this...

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9. www.pbs.org › wnet › americanmastersAugust Wilson’s 10-play cycle: scenes and synopses - PBS

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   Feb 5, 2015 · Synopsis: Set in 1969, the play revolves around a restaurant in Pittsburgh’s Hill District, which has suffered a long economic decline. The restaurant owner, Memphis, worries what will happen ...

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    August Wilson was an American playwright best known for his extraordinary cycle of 10 plays that chronicle the 20th century African-American experience. All but one of Wilson’s masterful plays are set in the Hill District, the working-class neighborhood of his birth in 1945.