Thornton Wilder
American playwright and novelist (1897–1975) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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Born | Thornton Niven Wilder (1897-04-17)April 17, 1897 Madison, Wisconsin, U.S. |
Died | December 7, 1975(1975-12-07) (aged 78) Hamden, Connecticut, U.S. |
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Education | Oberlin College Yale University (BA) Princeton University (MA) |
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Relatives | Thornton M. Niven |
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