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August Wilson (né Frederick August Kittel Jr.; April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". [ 1 ] He is best known for a series of 10 plays, collectively called The Pittsburgh Cycle (or The Century Cycle ) , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the ...
Augusta Jane Wilson (née Evans; May 8, 1835 – May 9, 1909), was an American author of Southern literature and a supporter of the Confederacy during the American Civil War. Her books were banned by the American Library Association in 1881. She was the first woman to earn US$100,000 through her writing. [1] Wilson was a native of Columbus, Georgia
Teen Paheliyan (transl. three riddles) is a 2018 Indian thriller/sci-fi anthology created by National award-winning filmmaker Sujoy Ghosh that aired on Star Plus on 22 April 2018. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The anthology comprises three short stories titled Mirchi Malini, Copy, and Good Luck, [ 3 ] starring Vikrant Massey , Surveen Chawla , Kunaal Roy Kapur ...
Seven Guitars is a 1995 play by American playwright August Wilson. It focuses on seven African-American characters in the year 1948. It focuses on seven African-American characters in the year 1948. The play begins and ends after the funeral of one of the main characters, showing events leading to the funeral in flashbacks.
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Two Trains Running is a 1990 play by American playwright August Wilson, the seventh in his ten-part series The Pittsburgh Cycle. The play takes place in 1968 in the Hill District, an African-American neighborhood in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. It explores the social and psychological manifestations of changing attitudes toward race from the ...
Halsey William Wilson (May 12, 1868 – March 1, 1954) [1] was the creator of the Readers' Guide, the Cumulative Book Index, and the Book Review Digest and founder of the H. W. Wilson Company, a publisher. In 1999, American Libraries named him one of the "100 Most Important Leaders We Had in the 20th Century". [2]
During interviews following the release of the book, Berg compared Wilson's diplomacy to then President Barack Obama's handling of the Syrian civil war, saying: "Over the last few weeks, Obama has been addressing the crisis in a very Wilsonian manner, raising the question of whether the United States was meant to be the policeman of the world."