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Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.

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American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975

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  • Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
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  • Cover of: Our Town (Perennial Classics)
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  • Cover of: The cabala
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  • Cover of: Three Plays (Perennial Classics)
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  • Cover of: The skin of our teeth: play in three acts
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  • Cover of: The woman of Andros
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    First published in 1930 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: The United States in literature
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  • Cover of: The long Christmas dinner: & other plays in one act.
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    First published in 1933 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: The Alcestiad: or, A life in the sun ; The drunken sisters
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: The American Experience
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  • Cover of: The Best plays of 1937-38: and the year book of the drama in America
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    Cover of edition bestplaysof1937300mant First published in 1938 — 5 editions
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  • Cover of: All the world's a stage
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    Cover of edition allworldsstage00swor First published in 1972 — 4 editions
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  • Cover of: The long Christmas dinner & other plays in one act
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  • Cover of: Contemporary Drama: Eleven Plays: American - English - European
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  • Cover of: The angel that troubled the waters: and other plays
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    First published in 1928 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: A Thornton Wilder trio: The cabala, The bridge of San Luis Rey, The woman of Andros.
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    First published in 1934 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey
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    Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000thor_a2j5 First published in 1927 — 3 editions
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  • Cover of: Three Plays By Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, & The Matchmaker
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    First published in 1961 — 2 editions
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  • Cover of: The angel that troubled the waters, and other plays
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American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975

Subjects

Drama, Fiction, American drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), History, Literature, Wilder, thornton, 1897-1975, American fiction (fictional works by one author), American literature, Classic Literature, Collections, Plays, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Study and teaching, short story, Accident victims, Accidents, Alcestis (Greek mythology), American, American Authors, American Civil War, American fiction, Bridges, Brothers and sisters

Places

England, United States, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Missouri, Owl Creek Bridge, Peru, Saint Louis, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Boston, Latin America, London, New Hampshire, Rome

People

Abigail Williams, Amanda Wingfield, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, Jim O'Connor, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Laura Wingfield, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey

Time

20th century, 1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 18th Century / 20th Century, 18th century, 1912, 20th Century: 53-44 B.C., December

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Alternative names

  • Thornton Niven Wilder
  • Thornton WILDER
  • THORNTON WILDER
  • Wilder, Thornton Niven
  • Thornton wilder
  • Wilder. Thornton
  • Wilder Thornton (Signed)
  • Thornton; Thornton Wilder (Author and Preface by) Wilder
  • thornton wilder
  • Thornton (1897-1975) Wilder

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August 18, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
July 7, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import