August Wilson (1945-2005)
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N 40° 26.716 W 079° 59.126
17T E 586038 N 4477673
1900s - Gem of the Ocean (2003)
1910s - Joe Turner's Come and Gone (1988)
1920s - Ma Rainey's Black Bottom (1984) - set in Chicago
1930s - The Piano Lesson (1990) - Pulitzer Prize[3]
1940s - Seven Guitars (1995)
1950s - Fences (1987) - Pulitzer Prize[3]
1960s - Two Trains Running (1991)
1970s - Jitney (1982)
1980s - King Hedley II (1999)
1990s - Radio Golf (2005
Waymark Code: WM8JT4
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/11/2010
Views: 6
Marker Text: Co-founder of Pittsburgh’s Black Horizon Theater and the author of a cycle of ten plays that have been hailed as a unique triumph in American literature. The plays cover each decade of the 20th century and most focus on African American life in the Hill District. Two of the plays, "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson," won Pulitzer prizes for best drama in 1987 and 1990; "Fences" also won Broadway's Tony Award. This site is Wilson's birthplace.
Marker Name: August Wilson (1945-2005)
County: Allegheny
Date Dedicated: 05/30/2005
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: 1727 Bedford Ave., Pittsburgh
Category: African American, Music & Theater, Writers
Website: [Web Link]
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