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The Bridge of San Luis Rey by Thornton Wilder | |
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Thornton Niven Wilder | | Birth Date: |
April 17, 1897 | | Death Date: |
December 7, 1975 | | Place of Birth: |
Madison, Wisconsin, United States | | Place of Death: |
Hamden, Connecticut, United States | | Nationality: |
American | | Gender: |
Male | | Occupations: |
playwright, novelist |
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 Biography of Thornton Niven Wilder
829 words, approx. 2.8 pages
 Novelist and playwright Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-1975) won two Pulitzer Prizes for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, written in 1938 and 1942 respectively. His most renowned novel, The Bridge of San Luis Rey, also accorded him a Pulitzer P... summary from source:
 Biography of Thornton (Niven) Wilder
541 words, approx. 1.8 pages
Thornton Wilder, the only writer to receive Pulitzer Prizes for both plays and a novel, once observed, "I guess I was the only writer of my generation who didn't 'go to Paris!'" For him the road abroad led to Rome, which he first visited in the summer of... summary from source:
Biography of Thornton (Niven) Wilder
14650 words, approx. 48.8 pages
 Thornton Wilder was a student of the human condition; in his writing he aimed for and achieved the universal. His plays in particular were concerned with both the timely and the timeless, and he most distinguished himself in the theater, although his fir...
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 The Bridge of San Luis Rey Information
440 words, approx. 2 pages
The Bridge of San Luis Rey is a 1927 novel by American author Thornton Wilder that tells the story of several interrelated people who die in the collapse of an Inca rope-fiber suspension bridge in Peru, and the events that lead up to their being on the...
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