August Wilson
Sign in to saveAmerican playwright (1945-2005)
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1945
- Died
- 2005
- Works
- 31
Top works
- Piano Lesson (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Fences (SparkNotes Literature Guide)
- Discovering Theatre
- Two Trains Running
- Seven guitars
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 35
- Total plays
- 90
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Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- The PRISMA 2020 statement: an updated guideline for reporting systematic reviews
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· 2020 · cited 36,438x
- PRISMA Extension for Scoping Reviews (PRISMA-ScR): Checklist and Explanation
· 2018 · cited 36,143x
- Initial sequencing and analysis of the human genome
· 2001 · cited 18,612x
- Geneious Basic: An integrated and extendable desktop software platform for the organization and analysis of sequence data
· 2012 · cited 17,961x
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Quotes
- “Jazz in itself is not struggling…That is, the music itself is not struggling. It and the baseball history you talk about are two anchors of the African American cultural community. It’s the attitude that’s in trouble. My plays insist that we should not forget or toss away our history.”
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- August
- Family name
- Wilson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Pittsburgh
- Place of death
- Seattle
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Pittsburgh
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.augustwilson.net
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- cause of death
- liver cancer
- Commons category
- August Wilson
- date of birth
- 1945-04-27
- date of death
- 2005-10-02
- manner of death
- natural causes
- nominated for
- Tony Award for Best Play
- ethnic group
- African Americans
Sources (12)
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