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Fences

by August Wilson

Whiting Award · 1986 · Winner
Literary FictionISBN 9780780707504

Award History

AwardYearStatus
Whiting Award1986Winner

About the Author

August Wilson (1945–2005) was an American playwright best known for his Pittsburgh Cycle of 10 plays chronicling 20th-century African-American life. He won Pulitzer Prizes for Drama for Fences (1987) and The Piano Lesson (1990), along with numerous other awards including Tony Awards. Encyclopædia

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