Wilson, August
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Name (Latin)
Wilson, August
Other forms of name
Kittel, Frederick August
Date of birth
1945-04-27
Date of death
2005-10-02
Associated country
United States
Field of activity
Drama
Poetry
Occupation
Dramatists
Poets
Associated Language
eng
Gender
male
MARC
MARC
Other Identifiers
Sources of Information
- African American National Biography, accessed September 22, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Wilson, August; Frederick August Kittel; dramatist; born 27 April 1945 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States; founding member of the Center Avenue Poet's Theater Workshop; organized Black Horizon Theater Company (1967: his play, Ma Rainey's Black Bottom won New York Drama Critics' Circle Award and Tony nomination (1985); co-produced Fences (1987) which garnered a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award and grossed 11 million; won a second Pulitzer for The Piano Lesson (1990); Virginia Theater in New York City was renamed the August Wilson Theater in his honor; died 02 October 2005 in Seattle, Washington, United States, Swedish Medical Center)
- Ma Rainey's black bottom, c1985:CIP t.p. (August Wilson) pub. info. (resides in St. Paul, Minn.; African American poet, playwright, theatre dir.)
- New York times WWW site, Oct. 3, 2005(August Wilson; b. Frederick August Kittel, Apr. 27, 1945, Pittsburgh; legally adopted his mother's last name when he set out to be a writer; d. yesterday [Oct. 2, 2005], Seattle, aged 60; chronicled the African American experience in the 20th century in a series of plays that will stand as a landmark in the history of Black culture, of American literature, and of Broadway theater)
- Three plays, c1991:jkt. (August Wilson, b. 1945)
- His Ma Rainey's black bottom, c1985:CIP t.p. (August Wilson) pub. info. (resides in St. Paul, Minn.; poet, playwright, theatre dir.)
- His Three plays, c1991:jkt. (August Wilson, b. 1945)