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.

Aliases (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 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 Hawaii →
familyName	Wilder →
father	Amos Parker Wilder →
fullName	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 →

Referenced by (6)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
The Skin of Our Teeth →	author
Theatre Guild →	collaboratedWith
Thornton Wilder ("Thornton Niven Wilder") →	fullName
The Viking Press →	hasAuthorPublished
Gertrude Stein →	influenced
The Skin of Our Teeth →	writer