Thornton Wilder

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dramatist human novelist playwright

Thornton Wilder was an American playwright and novelist best known for his Pulitzer Prize-winning play "Our Town" and his exploration of universal human themes.

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Thornton Wilder canonical 34
T. H. Wilder 1
Thornton Niven Wilder 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf dramatist ⓘ
human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
awardReceived National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ
Pulitzer Prize for Fiction ⓘ
surface form: Pulitzer Prize for the Novel
burialPlace Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hamden, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart failure ⓘ
conflict World War II ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1897-04-17 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1975-12-07 ⓘ
educatedAt Oberlin College ⓘ
The Thacher School ⓘ
Yale University ⓘ
employer Harvard University ⓘ
University of Chicago ⓘ
University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa ⓘ
surface form: University of Hawaii
familyName Wilder ⓘ
father Amos Parker Wilder ⓘ
fullName Thornton Wilder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Thornton Niven Wilder
genre drama ⓘ
novel ⓘ
givenName Thornton ⓘ
hasInfluenced 20th-century drama ⓘ
American theatre ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
militaryBranch United States Army Air Forces ⓘ
mother Isabella Niven Wilder ⓘ
movement modernist literature ⓘ
notableWork Our Town ⓘ
The Bridge of San Luis Rey ⓘ
The Matchmaker ⓘ
The Skin of Our Teeth ⓘ
occupation novelist ⓘ
playwright ⓘ
teacher ⓘ
placeOfBirth Madison, Wisconsin, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Hamden, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
religion Congregationalism ⓘ
residence Hamden, Connecticut, United States ⓘ
sexOrGender male ⓘ
sibling Amos Niven Wilder ⓘ
Charlotte Wilder ⓘ
Isabel Wilder ⓘ
Janet Wilder Dakin ⓘ
writingStyle exploration of universal human themes ⓘ

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Theatre Guild → collaboratedWith → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Gertrude Stein → influenced → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
The Skin of Our Teeth → author → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
The Skin of Our Teeth → writer → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Thornton Wilder → fullName → Thornton Wilder self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Thornton Niven Wilder
The Viking Press → hasAuthorPublished → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Shadow of a Doubt → screenwriter → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Peterborough, New Hampshire → inspiredAuthor → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Our Town → basedOnWorkBy → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Our Town → screenwriter → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
George Antrobus → creator → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Maggie Antrobus → createdBy → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Sabina → createdBy → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Sabina → workAuthor → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Act II → author → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
subject surface form: Act II (The Skin of Our Teeth)
Henry Antrobus → createdBy → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Act III → creator → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
subject surface form: Act III (The Skin of Our Teeth)
Thornton → notableBearer → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Wilder → hasNotableBearer → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Wilder → hasNotableBearer → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
this entity surface form: T. H. Wilder
The Bridge of San Luis Rey → author → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
The Matchmaker → author → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
The Matchmaker → writer → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Amos Niven Wilder → sibling → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabel Wilder → sibling → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabel Wilder → workSubject → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabel Wilder → relative → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Charlotte Wilder → sibling → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Charlotte Wilder → relative → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabella Niven Wilder → hasChild → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabella Niven Wilder → notableRelative → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Isabella Niven Wilder → influenced → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Mount Carmel Cemetery, Hamden, Connecticut, United States → notableBurial → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Amos Parker Wilder → child → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Amos Parker Wilder → notableRelative → Thornton Wilder ⓘ
Gladys Antrobus → createdBy → Thornton Wilder ⓘ