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| Name: |
August Wilson | | Variant Name: |
Frederick August Kittell | | Birth Date: |
1945 | | Nationality: |
American | | Ethnicity: |
African American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright |
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 Biography of August Wilson
9,340 words, approx. 31 pages
 August Wilson is one of the leading American playwrights of the late twentieth century. He has been phenomenally successful, having won two Pulitzers, five New York Drama Critics Circle awards, and several Tonys in a long list of prestigious awards,... summary from source:
 Biography of August Wilson
1,742 words, approx. 6 pages
Two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright August Wilson (Frederick August Kittell; born 1945) embarked upon a mission to write a cycle of ten plays addressing central issues that have impacted African Americans in each decade of the 20th... 
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 August Wilson Quotes
26 words, approx. 1 pages
 All you need in the world is love and laughter. That's all anybody needs. To have love in one hand and laughter in the...
Encyclopedia and Summary Information
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 Wilson, August
553 words, approx. 2 pages(born April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.—died October 2, 2005, Seattle, Washington) American playwright, author of a cycle of plays, each set in a different decade of the 20th century, about black American life. He won Pulitzer Prizes... summary from source:
Wilson, August
128 words, approx. 1 pages(born April 27, 1945, Pittsburgh, Pa., U.S.—died Oct. 2, 2005, Seattle, Wash.) U.S. playwright. He was largely self-educated. A participant in the black aesthetic movement, he cofounded and directed Pittsburgh's Black Horizons Theatre (1968),... summary from source:
 August Wilson Information
2,000 words, approx. 7 pages
August Wilson (April 27, 1945—October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. Wilson's singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays—two of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama—dubbed "The Pittsburgh...
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 The Boston Globe August Wilson
10/04/2005: 467 words, approx. 2 pages AFTER A 1998 performance of his play "Jitney," August Wilson stood at the railing outside the main door of Boston's Huntington Theatre Company. He was a silent, still figure amid the chatter and bustle. He smoked a cigarette, wore a great black coat, and... summary from source:
Black Masks A Tribute to August Wilson
05/01/2006: 1,059 words, approx. 4 pages The untimely death of August Wilson at the age of sixty is a tragic loss to the American theatre. While no one can fully share the sorrow of the family that the death of a loved one brings, August Wilson is sorely missed by... summary from source:
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Literary Criticism
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 Critical Essay by Yvonne Shafer
8,247 words, approx. 28 pages
In the following essay, Shafer analyzes Wilson's life and his techniques as a playwright, and chronicles the stage productions of his plays.
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Critical Essay by James Robert Saunders
4,908 words, approx. 16 pages
In the following essay, Saunders overviews Wilson's life and career in order to illuminate the playwright's use of ambiguȯus and often paradoxical characters, details, and themes in his works.
Featured Essays
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 Essay Grade: 81%A Father's Misguided Protectionism in "Fences"
989 words, approx. 3 pages
"Fences" by August Wilson is a story about a father, Troy, whose mistakes and experiences lead him to be overprotective of his son, Cory. Troy secretly is jealous of the opportunities that Cory gets.
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