Frederick August Kittel

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Frederick August Kittel, better known as August Wilson, was a Pulitzer Prize–winning American playwright renowned for his cycle of plays depicting African American life in the 20th century.

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instanceOf American playwright
person
playwright
alsoKnownAs August Wilson
awardReceived New York Drama Critics' Circle Award
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Tony Award for Best Play
causeOfDeath liver cancer
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1945-04-27
dateOfDeath 2005-10-02
educatedAt Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh)
Connelly Trade School
Gladstone High School (Pittsburgh)
ethnicGroup African American
linked to: Black Americans
father Frederick August Kittel Sr.
fieldOfWork African American literature
theatre
genre drama
realist drama
hasChild Azula Carmen Wilson
Sakai Wilson
heritage African American
German American
languageOfWorkOrName English
mother Daisy Wilson
movement African-American theatre
notableAchievement wrote a cycle of ten plays depicting African American life in each decade of the 20th century
notableFor Pittsburgh Cycle
notableWork Fences
linked to: Fences (1985 play)

Gem of the Ocean
Jitney
Joe Turner's Come and Gone
King Hedley II
Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Radio Golf
Seven Guitars
The Piano Lesson
Two Trains Running
occupation playwright
writer
placeOfBirth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath Seattle, Washington, United States
residence Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
spouse Constanza Romero
Judy Oliver
subjectOf Fences (film)
linked to: Fences (2016 film)

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August Wilson birthName Frederick August Kittel