WHO IS AUGUST WILSON

PERSONAL INFORMATION

• August Wilson was born April 27, 1945
• He was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• He has 2 Children
• He was married 3 times

GUESS WHAT! 😱

• Have you seen the movie fences?
• If so , Guess who wrote it ? August Wilson!
• Fences earned him a Pulitzer Prize ,and Tony award 🥇 in 1987
• Even in 2017 Fences is still earning him recognition.
• Fences was nominated as Best Picture, Best Actor(Denzel Washington) Best Supporting Actress( Viola Davis) and Best Writing Adapted (August Wilson
• It goes on sale for DVD TODAY!!!!

CONTRIBUTIONS TO AFRICAN AMERICAN HISTORY😲😎

• Mr.Wilson had 9 plays to go to broadway 🎭
• His books manly focus on African Americans and the struggle they went through!💪🏾👊🏾

WORD OF ADVICE

• I just want to say you can do anything when you put your mind to it even when life hasn't treated you right .

LIFE IS TUFF😥🤧

• August Wilson father was a German immigrant name Frederick Kittle.
• When his parents divorced he, his mother and siblings moved from the poor ,Bedford Avenue area of Pittsburgh to the mostly white neighborhood of Oakland
• Key word🔑📚

KEEP GOING😊🏃🏾🕺🏾💃🏾

• This did not stop him at all , it was tuff to see your parents separate.
• This did not stop him at all this was a bumpy road for him but nevertheless he kept his A game.👍🏾👊🏾

BOOKS YOU SHOULD CHECK OUT📚📚

• Fences (1985)
• The Piano lesson (1988)
• Joe Turner'S Come and Gone(1984)
• Seven Guitars (1996)
• Radio Golf(2005)

CHECK HIS BOOKS OUT 😬

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• He also kinda has a connection with Shakespeare's and his books 📚.

TAHNK YOU FOR LISTING 😭😭😭👌🏾👂🏾

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