August Wilson

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 ? October 2, 2005) was a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. His singular achievement and literary legacy is a cycle of ten plays, each set in a different decade, depicting the comedy and tragedy of the African-American experience in the 20th century.

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Born Frederick August Kittel in Pittsburgh's Hill District, fourth of six children of Frederick Kittel, an immigrant German baker who seldom spent time with his family, and Daisy Wilson Kittel, an African-American cleaning woman from North Carolina. Earlier, his maternal grandmother walked from North Carolina to Pennsylvania in search of a better life. Wilson's mother raised her children in a Bedford Avenue two-room apartment behind a grocery store. This poor neighborhood was inhabited by black Americans, Italians, and Jews. Daisy supported her family as a cleaning lady.

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