August Wilson
#2,778
Most Influential Person
American playwright
August Wilson's AcademicInfluence.com Rankings
Literature
#251
World Rank
#809
Historical Rank
#118
USA Rank
Writing
#79
World Rank
#159
Historical Rank
#47
USA Rank
Why Is August Wilson Influential?
(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, August Wilson was an American playwright. He has been referred to as the "theater's poet of Black America". He is best known for a series of ten plays, collectively called , which chronicle the experiences and heritage of the African-American community in the 20th century. Plays in the series include Fences and The Piano Lesson , both of which won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama, as well as Ma Rainey's Black Bottom and Joe Turner's Come and Gone . In 2006, Wilson was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame.
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