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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.
Sep 8, 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. After graduating from Yale University in 1920, Wilder studied archaeology in Rome.
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.
Learn about the life and works of Thornton Wilder, a Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright who explored the connection between the commonplace and the cosmic. Find out his achievements, honors, adaptations, and legacy in this comprehensive biography.
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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")
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