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Thornton Wilder

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Profession
Playwright
Died
Dec 7, 1975
Zodiac
Aries
Born in
Madison WI
About
A Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist and playwright, he is best known for his 1938 drama, Our Town. His other award-winning works include The Skin of Our Teeth (a play) and The Bridge of San Luis Rey (a novel).
Family
He was born in Madison, Wisconsin to U.S. diplomat and newspaper editor, Amos Parker Wilder. In his adulthood, Thornton Wilder lived with his sister, Isabel, for a long period of time. He may have been the lover of the poet and novelist, Samuel Steward.

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