Biography
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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Original Story
the place named (2012)
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Our Town (2003)
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The Big Time (2002)
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OT: Our Town (2002)
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Our Town (1989)
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Mr. North (1988)
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Our Town (1977)
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Novel
Theatre 625 (1964)
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DuPont Show of the Month (1957)
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Our Town (1955)
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Our Town (1940)
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Our Town
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Known ForWriting
GenderMale
Birthday1897-04-17
Deathday1975-12-07 (78 years old)
Birth PlaceMadison, Wisconsin, USA
ReligionCongregational churches
FatherAmos Parker Wilder
CitizenshipsUnited States of America
AwardsNational Book Award for Fiction, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, National Book Award, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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