August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each work in the series is set in a different decade, and depicts comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the 20th century.
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Frederick August Kittel 27 April 1945 Pittsburgh, PA
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Died |
2 October 2005 (aged 60) Seattle, WA
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Zodiac | Taurus |
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