August Wilson

Biography

August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright known as the "theater's poet of Black America." He chronicled the African-American community in the 20th century through The Pittsburgh Cycle series, which includes plays like Fences and Ma Rainey's Black Bottom. Wilson won two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama for these works and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame in 2006.