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Thornton Wilder
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American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)
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Thornton Niven Wilder (1897–1975) was an American playwright, novelist, screenwriter, and writer. Born in Madison, Wisconsin, he served in the United States Army during World War I and World War II. He was educated at Oberlin College, Princeton University, and Yale University, and later worked as an employer at the University of Chicago and Harvard University. Wilder was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts.
His notable work includes *The Bridge of San Luis Rey*. He received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, the National Book Award, the Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association, and the Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt. He was also nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Wilder died in Hamden, New Haven.
Synthesized by Vinony from 45 facts across 11 sources: Wikidata, Crossref, Open Library, MusicBrainz, Last.fm, TMDb, Wikiquote, Europeana Sparql, Firecrawl, Vinony collections, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 17 April 1897
- Died
- 7 December 1975
- Works
- 389
Top works
- Kultur in einer Demokratie
- The original prompt script of "Our Town" used during rehearsals ...
- Days from a year in school
- The bridge of San Luis Rey
- Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
via Open Library + Wikidata
Film & TV
Writing · Madison, Wisconsin, USA
via TMDB
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1897
- Active to
- 1975
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 32
- Total plays
- 267
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Thornton+Wilder">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- PROCHECK: a program to check the stereochemical quality of protein structures
· 1993 · cited 21,546x
- Global burden of 369 diseases and injuries in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 15,955x
- The american rheumatism association 1987 revised criteria for the classification of rheumatoid arthritis
· 1988 · cited 15,808x
- The Genotype-Tissue Expression (GTEx) project
· 2013 · cited 8,567x
- Global burden of 87 risk factors in 204 countries and territories, 1990–2019: a systematic analysis for the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019
· 2020 · cited 7,999x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
- “I hold that we cannot be said to be aware of our minds save under responsibility.”
- “Literature is the orchestration of platitudes.”
- “I would love to be the poet laureate of Coney Island.”
- “Many plays — certainly mine — are like blank checks. The actors and directors put their own signatures on them.”
- “Love is an energy which exists of itself. It is its own value.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
Official website
Thornton Wilder
thorntonwilder.com →Link to the official site · 17,229 chars · not written by Vinony
Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Thornton Wilder, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
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.
Early life and education
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