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Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.

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American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975

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  • Cover of: The collected short plays of Thornton Wilder

    First published in 1997 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Happy Journey (A Play): U.s.a. Edition (Acting Edition)

    First published in 1930 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The angel that troubled the waters, and other plays

    First published in 1928 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Three plays by Thornton Wilder: Our town, The skin of our teeth, The matchmaker

    First published in 1961 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition threeplaysbythor00wild
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  • Cover of: Three Plays By Thornton Wilder: Our Town, The Skin of Our Teeth, & The Matchmaker

    First published in 1961 2 editions — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The play as theater

    First published in 1971 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

    First published in 1989 2 editions in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The United States in literature

    First published in 1952 2 editions in 1 language — 2 previewable Cover of edition unitedstatesinli0000robe
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  • Cover of: Die Brücke von San Luis Rey: Roman

    First published in 1995 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The cabala

    First published in 1961 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The merchant of Yonkers: a farce in four acts

    First published in 1939 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The journals of Thornton Wilder, 1939-1961

    First published in 1985 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Thornton Wilder and Ken Ludwig's adaptation of The beaux' stratagem by George Farquhar.

    First published in 2007 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The eighth day: Theophilus North ; Autobiographical writings

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Thornton Wilder

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Seven Deadly Sins: Thornton Wilder One Act Series

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Der achte Schöpfungstag

    First published in 1968 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Our town ; The skin of our teeth ; The matchmaker

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: En voiture pour le ciel

    First published in 1986 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Mr. North

    First published in 1988 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975
Subjects
Drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, American drama, Plays, Wilder, thornton, 1897-1975, American literature, History, American Authors, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Collections, Literature, Social life and customs, Study and teaching, Alcestis (Greek mythology), American, Classic, Confederacy, Death, Drama (dramatic works by one author), Fiction, general, Historical, Man-woman relationships, One-act plays
Places
United States, Alabama, England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge, Peru, Andover, Barbados, Boston, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rome, Saint Louis, Salem, Salem (Mass.), South America
People
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), Brently Mallard, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Medbourne, Peyton Farquhar, Richards, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Abigail Williams, Alfred Doolittle, Amanda Wingfield, Amy Drevenstedt, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Bernard, Betty Parris, Biff, Bridget Bishop, Charley
Time
20th century, 1861-1865, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1861-65, 18th Century / 20th Century, 18th century, 1912, 20th Century: 53-44 B.C., Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December

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  • Thornton WILDER
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  • Wilder, Thornton Niven
  • Thornton wilder
  • Wilder. Thornton
  • Wilder Thornton (Signed)
  • Thornton; Thornton Wilder (Author and Preface by) Wilder
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  • Thornton (1897-1975) Wilder

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August 18, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
July 7, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import