Dramatist Thornton Wilder
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Thornton Wilder
Living place: Madison
Birthday: 17-4-1897
Global rank: #48521
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Who is Dramatist Thornton Wilder?
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, he is best known for his 1938 film Our Town. His other award-winning works include The Skin of Our Teeth (a play) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (novel).
He received the National Book Award for his 1967 novel, The Eighth Day.
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, he is best known for his 1938 film Our Town. His other award-winning works include The Skin of Our Teeth (a play) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (novel).
He received the National Book Award for his 1967 novel, The Eighth Day.
After graduating from Yale University in 1920, he went to Rome to study archeology. When he returned to the United States, he taught French at a high school in New Jersey. He published his first two novels and his first play-- The Magic and The Trumpet Will Blow, respectively-- in 1926.
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin to the United States diplomat and newspaper editor, Amos Parker Wilder. During his adulthood, Thornton Wilder lived with his sister, Isabel, for a long period of time. He may have been the lover of poet and novelist, Samuel Stewart.
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Jack Dodson, who later achieved fame on the Andy Griffith Show, appeared early in his career in a stage production of the touching film Wilder, Our Town.
Jack Dodson, who later achieved fame on the Andy Griffith Show, appeared early in his career in a stage production of the touching film Wilder, Our Town.
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When was Dramatist Thornton Wilder born?
Thornton Wilder was born in 17-4-1897, death year is , at the age of 127.
Where is Dramatist Thornton Wilder's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Thornton Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin- United States. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Thornton Wilder's global rank is 48521 and whose rank is 35 in list of famous Dramatist.
Thornton Wilder was born in 17-4-1897, death year is , at the age of 127.
Where is Dramatist Thornton Wilder's birth place, what is Zodiac/Chinese Zodiac?
Thornton Wilder was born in Madison, Wisconsin- United States. is a Dramatist, whose Zodiac is Aries, and who Chinese Zodiac is The Rooster. Thornton Wilder's global rank is 48521 and whose rank is 35 in list of famous Dramatist.
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Events in 1897 and 17-4
Birthday Thornton Wilder (17-4) in history
- Day 17-4 year 1790: Benjamin Franklin, American patriot, diplomat, and signer of the Declaration of Independence, has died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- Day 17-4 year 1895: The Sino-Japanese War ended with the signing of the Treaty of Shimonoseki.
- Day 17-4 year 1937: Daffy Duck made his debut in Porky's Duck Hunt.
- Day 17-4 year 1961: Supported by the U.S. government, 1,500 exiles made the unsuccessful Bay of Pigs invasion in Cuba.
- Day 17-4 year 1964: Geraldine Mock became the first woman to fly solo around the world.
- Day 17-4 year 1969: Sirhan Sirhan was convicted for the murder of Robert F. Kennedy.
- Day 17-4 year 1970: The Apollo 13 astronauts safely splashed down after their near-disastrous flight.
- Day 17-4 year 1975: Phnom Penh fell to the Khmer Rouge, ending the five year Cambodian war.
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