Author
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Thornton Wilder
American playwright and novelist
1897
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1975
country of citizenship: United States of America
language of expression: English
educated at: Princeton University, Yale University, Oberlin College, Berkeley High School
occupation: playwright, novelist, screenwriter
award received: Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts, Pulitzer Prize for Drama, National Book Award, Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt, Presidential Medal of Freedom, National Book Award for Fiction, Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
position held: president
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Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.
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