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Thornton Wilder

17 April 1897 - 7 December 1975

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.

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  • Cover of: Unsere Kleine Stadt

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Wir sind noch einmal davongekommen.

    First published in 1999 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: 3 plays

    First published in 1998 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Alcestiad, or, A life in the sun: a play in three acts ; with a satyr play The drunken sisters

    First published in 1977 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: American Characteristics: And Other Essays

    First published in 2000 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: An evening with Thornton Wilder, April thirtieth, 1962, Washington D.C.

    First published in 1962 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Childhood, a comedy in one act

    First published in 1960 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The eighth day: Theophilus North ; Autobiographical writings

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Most korol︠i︡a l︠i︡udovika sv︠i︡atogo: povestʹ ; Marovskie idy : roman ; Den' vos'moi : roman

    First published in 1982 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Conversations with Thornton Wilder

    First published in 1992 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: The Seven Deadly Sins: Thornton Wilder One Act Series

    First published in 2012 1 edition in 1 language — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Der achte Schöpfungstag

    First published in 1968 1 edition — 1 previewable
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  • Cover of: Die Iden des März. Roman

    First published in 1991 1 edition
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  • Cover of: Youth

    First published in 2014 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: The Matchmaker: A Farce in Four Acts

    First published in 2017 1 edition in 1 language
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  • Cover of: Dem Himmel bin ich auserkoren

    First published in 2015 1 edition
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  • Cover of: The complete text of The matchmaker

    First published in 1958 1 edition in 1 language
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    First published in 1955 1 edition in 1 language
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Subjects
Drama, American drama (dramatic works by one author), American fiction (fictional works by one author), Fiction, History, American drama, Wilder, thornton, 1897-1975, Drama (dramatic works by one author), American Authors, City and town life, Fiction, general, One-act plays, Plays, American literature, Death, Large type books, Literature, Alcestis (Greek mythology), American, Classic, Classic Literature, Collections, Correspondence, Social life and customs, Study and teaching
Places
Peru, United States, Alabama, England, Florida, Fountain of Youth, Israel, Mallard residence, Middle West, Milford meeting house, New Hampshire, Newport (R.I.), Owl Creek Bridge, Rome, South America, Algonquin, Andover, Barbados, Boston, China, Eastern Europe, Latin America, London, Massachusetts, Massachusetts Bay Colony
People
Thornton Wilder (1897-1975), Julius Caesar, Brently Mallard, Colonel Killigrew, Dr. Heidegger, Elizabeth, James Joyce (1882-1941), Josephine, Louise Mallard, Mr. Gascoigne, Mr. Hooper, Mr. Medbourne, Peyton Farquhar, Richards, Sylvia Ward, Widow Wycherley, Abigail Williams, Adaline Glasheen, Alfred Doolittle, Amanda Wingfield, Amy Drevenstedt, Ann Putnam, Arthur Miller (1915-), Bernard, Betty Parris
Time
20th century, 1861-1865, 19th century, 53-44 B.C., American Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, 1692, 1714, 1861-65, 1885 to 1905, 18th Century / 20th Century, 18th century, 1912, 20th Century: 53-44 B.C., Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, December

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  • 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

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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