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 ⓘ