August Wilson

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American playwright human playwright

August Wilson was a renowned American playwright best known for his cycle of plays chronicling African American life in the 20th century, including works such as "Fences" and "The Piano Lesson."

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Label	Occurrences
August Wilson canonical	36
August Wilson’s Century Cycle	1

Statements (51)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American playwright ⓘ human ⓘ playwright ⓘ
awardReceived	New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play ⓘ surface form: New York Drama Critics' Circle Award Pulitzer Prize for Drama ⓘ Tony Award for Best Play ⓘ
birthName	Frederick August Kittel ⓘ
burialPlace	Greenwood Memorial Park, Renton, Washington, United States ⓘ
causeOfDeath	liver cancer ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth	1945-04-27 ⓘ
dateOfDeath	2005-10-02 ⓘ
educatedAt	Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) ⓘ surface form: Central Catholic High School (Pittsburgh) (did not complete) Connelly Trade School (did not complete) ⓘ Gladstone High School ⓘ surface form: Gladstone High School (did not complete)
ethnicBackground	African American father ⓘ German American mother ⓘ
ethnicGroup	Black Americans ⓘ surface form: African American
fieldOfWork	African American history ⓘ theatre ⓘ
genre	drama ⓘ
hasChild	Azula Carmen Wilson ⓘ Sakina Ansari ⓘ
influencedBy	Black Arts Movement ⓘ Blues music ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
movement	African-American theatre ⓘ realism ⓘ
name	August Wilson self-link ⓘ
notableAchievement	wrote a cycle of ten plays chronicling African American life in each decade of the 20th century ⓘ
notableWork	Fences (2016 film) ⓘ surface form: Fences Gem of the Ocean ⓘ Jitney ⓘ Joe Turner’s Come and Gone ⓘ surface form: Joe Turner's Come and Gone King Hedley II ⓘ Ma Rainey's Black Bottom ⓘ Radio Golf ⓘ Seven Guitars ⓘ The Piano Lesson (TV film) ⓘ surface form: The Piano Lesson The Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ Two Trains Running ⓘ
occupation	playwright ⓘ writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
placeOfDeath	Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ
residence	Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania ⓘ surface form: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States Seattle, Washington, United States ⓘ Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States ⓘ surface form: St. Paul, Minnesota, United States
series	Pittsburgh Cycle ⓘ
spouse	Constanza Romero ⓘ Judy Oliver ⓘ

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

African American literature → hasNotableAuthor → August Wilson ⓘ

Ma Rainey's Black Bottom → basedOnWorkBy → August Wilson ⓘ

Fences (2016 film) → screenwriter → August Wilson ⓘ

Yale School of Drama → notableAlumni → August Wilson ⓘ

Long Wharf Theatre → associatedWithPlaywright → August Wilson ⓘ

August Wilson → name → August Wilson self-link ⓘ

Pulitzer Prize for Drama → notableRecipient → August Wilson ⓘ

King Hedley II → author → August Wilson ⓘ

King Hedley II → cycle → August Wilson ⓘ

this entity surface form: August Wilson’s Century Cycle

Jitney → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Jitney → writer → August Wilson ⓘ

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

Joe Turner’s Come and Gone → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Levee Green → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

Dany Wolf → author → August Wilson ⓘ

subject surface form: August Wilson’s play "Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom"

The Piano Lesson (TV film) → basedOnWorkBy → August Wilson ⓘ

The Hill District (Pittsburgh) → notableResident → August Wilson ⓘ

Troy Maxson → createdBy → August Wilson ⓘ

Cory Maxson → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

Lorraine Hansberry → influenced → August Wilson ⓘ

Gold Medal for Drama → notableRecipient → August Wilson ⓘ

August Wilson Theatre → namedAfter → August Wilson ⓘ

August Wilson Theatre → category → August Wilson ⓘ

Rose Maxson → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

Two Trains Running → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Two Trains Running → writtenBy → August Wilson ⓘ

Langston Hughes Medal → notableRecipient → August Wilson ⓘ

Seven Guitars → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Seven Guitars → writer → August Wilson ⓘ

Gem of the Ocean → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Radio Golf → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Radio Golf → writtenBy → August Wilson ⓘ

The Pittsburgh Cycle → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

African-American theatre → hasNotablePlaywright → August Wilson ⓘ

Pittsburgh Cycle → creator → August Wilson ⓘ

Pittsburgh Cycle → author → August Wilson ⓘ

Connelly Trade School (did not complete) → notableFormerStudent → August Wilson ⓘ

subject surface form: Connelly Trade School