American playwright and novelist (1897–1975)
Thornton Wilder was an American playwright and novelist who lived from 1897 to 1975 and created some of the most important works in twentieth-century theater and literature. He matters because his innovative plays and novels—including the celebrated *Our Town*—shaped American drama and continue to be widely read and performed today.
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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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