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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Actor
novelist
screenwriter
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gptkbp:almaMater
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gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:Yale_University
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gptkbp:associatedAct
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gptkb:The_Theatre_Guild
gptkb:The_New_York_Theatre_Workshop
The Group Theatre
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Fiction
gptkb:Pulitzer_Prize_for_Drama
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gptkbp:birthDate
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April 17, 1897
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Richard_Wilder
gptkb:Isabel_Wilder
Amabel Wilder
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gptkbp:deathDate
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December 7, 1975
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gptkbp:deathPlace
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gptkb:Mount_Carmel_Cemetery
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gptkbp:famousQuote
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“It is not what they take away from you that counts, it’s what you do with what you have left.”
“The best thing about a man is his ability to be a man.”
“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
“There is a land of the living and a land of the dead, and the bridge is love.”
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Thornton Wilder
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gptkbp:influenced
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gptkb:David_Mamet
gptkb:Edward_Albee
gptkb:Tennessee_Williams
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gptkbp:influences
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gptkb:James_Joyce
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Gertrude_Stein
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gptkbp:inspiredBy
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philosophy
American_culture
European_literature
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gptkbp:knownFor
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Innovative use of time and space in theatre
Exploration of small-town life
Metatheatrical_techniques
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableWorks
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Our Town
The Bridge of San Luis Rey
The Skin of Our Teeth
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gptkbp:occupation
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playwright
author
director
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Madison,_Wisconsin
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Hamden,_Connecticut
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gptkbp:spouse
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gptkb:Evelyn_Wilder
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