It looks like you're offline.
Donate
English (en) Change Website Language
Open Library logo
additional options menu
Last edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian
August 18, 2023 | History
Edit

Thornton Wilder

Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.

(Source)

Photo of Thornton Wilder

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975

45 works Add another?

Showing ebooks only. Would you like to see everything by this author?

  • Cover of: The bridge of San Luis Rey

    Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_f6o5 Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000unse Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000unse_n7y6 Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_r4z2 Cover of edition bridegeofsanluis0000unse Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr00wild Cover of edition bridgesanluisrey00wild Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_t6d0 Cover of edition bridgeofsanluisr0000wild_d8h4 First published in 1927 — 95 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Our Town (Perennial Classics)

    Cover of edition ourtownplayinthr0000wild_w2r2 Cover of edition ourtown00thor Cover of edition ourtownplayinthr00wild_1 Cover of edition ourtownbardbooks00thor First published in 1938 — 37 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The cabala

    Cover of edition cabala0000wild_v3s9 Cover of edition cabalawild00wild Cover of edition cabalawoman00wild Cover of edition cabalaandwomanof0000wild First published in 1926 — 22 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Three Plays (Perennial Classics)

    Cover of edition threeplaysourtow00wild Cover of edition 3plays00wild_0 Cover of edition threeplays00wild First published in 1955 — 21 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The skin of our teeth: play in three acts

    Cover of edition skinofourteethpl0000wild_c4m0 Cover of edition skinofourteethpl0000wild_d6m5 First published in 1942 — 13 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The woman of Andros

    First published in 1930 — 9 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes: The American Experience

    Cover of edition prenticehalllite00na Cover of edition americanexperien00kate Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_y5z1 Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_i1u3 First published in 1999 — 9 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The matchmaker: a farce in four acts

    First published in 1955 — 7 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The long Christmas dinner: & other plays in one act.

    First published in 1933 — 6 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Alcestiad: or, A life in the sun ; The drunken sisters

    Cover of edition alcestiadorlifei00wild Cover of edition alcestiadorlif00wild First published in 1977 — 5 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Best plays of 1937-38: and the year book of the drama in America

    Cover of edition bestplaysof1937300mant First published in 1938 — 5 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience

    Cover of edition prenticehalllite0000unse_n1e6 Cover of edition prenticehalllite00koel_0 Cover of edition prenticehalllite11koel First published in 1989 — 5 editions
    Preview Only

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: All the world's a stage

    Cover of edition allworldsstage0000swor First published in 1972 — 4 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Contemporary Drama: Eleven Plays: American - English - European

    Cover of edition contemporarydram0000unse_g5a7 Cover of edition dramacontemporaryele00wats First published in 1950 — 4 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The Long Christmas dinner and other plays in one act

    Cover of edition longchristmasdin00wild Cover of edition longchristmasdin0000wild_p4w9 First published in 1931 — 4 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: A Thornton Wilder trio: The cabala, The bridge of San Luis Rey, The woman of Andros.

    First published in 1934 — 3 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: The angel that troubled the waters: and other plays

    First published in 1928 — 3 editions
    Read Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Queens of France: a satiric comedy in one act

    First published in 1959 — 2 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: Thornton Wilder's Our town and the bridge of San Luis Rey : and other works

    First published in 1985 — 2 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
  • Cover of: American characteristics and other essays

    First published in 1979 — 2 editions
    Borrow Listen

    My Reading Lists:

    Create a new list

    Check-In

    ×Close
    Add an optional check-in date. Check-in dates are used to track yearly reading goals.
    Today
Photo of Thornton Wilder

Born 17 April 1897
Died 7 December 1975

Subjects

Drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American drama, Fiction, Plays, Wilder, thornton, 1897-1975, American literature, History, Literature, American Authors, American fiction (fictional works by one author), Classic Literature, Collections, Reading Level-Grade 11, Reading Level-Grade 12, Social life and customs, Study and teaching, short story, Alcestis (Greek mythology), American, American Civil War, American fiction, Classic, Cold War, Confederacy

Places

England, United States, Alabama, Andover, Barbados, China, Eastern Europe, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Mallard residence, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony, Milford meeting house, Owl Creek Bridge, Peru, Salem, Salem (Mass.), Soviet Union, Boston, Latin America, London, Missouri, New Hampshire, Rome, Saint Louis

People

Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), Abigail Williams, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Betty Parris, Brently Mallard, Bridget Bishop, Colonel Killigrew, Devil, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, Elizabeth Proctor, Ezekiel Cheever, George Herrick, George Jacobs, Giles Corey, God, John Hale, John Hathorne, John Proctor, Josephine, Louise Mallard, Martha Corey, Mary Warren, Mercy Lewis

Time

20th century, 1692, 1861-1865, 1861-65, 19th century, American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, 18th Century / 20th Century, 18th century, 1912, 20th Century: 53-44 B.C., December

Add to List

My Reading Lists:

Create a new list

ID Numbers

Links outside Open Library

Alternative names

  • Thornton Niven Wilder
  • Thornton WILDER
  • THORNTON WILDER
  • Wilder, Thornton Niven
  • Thornton wilder
  • Wilder. Thornton
  • Wilder Thornton (Signed)
  • Thornton; Thornton Wilder (Author and Preface by) Wilder
  • thornton wilder
  • Thornton (1897-1975) Wilder

History

Download catalog record: RDF / JSON
August 18, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
July 7, 2023 Edited by Salar Abdolmohamadian merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ISNI
March 31, 2017 Edited by MARC Bot add VIAF and wikidata ID
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import