Thornton Wilder, born on Saturday, April 17, 1897, was a novelist and playwright who created many world famous works of fiction, The Bridge of San Luis Rey in 1927, Our Town in 1938 and The Skin of Our Teeth in 1942 to name just a few of them. He won the Pulitzer Prize for these works.
I knew his niece a bazillion years ago; I'd read his San Luis Rey book a few years before I met her, so, when I did meet her, I was dazzled first by her location, then, by HER! It was also the beginning of butohdrawing (links below).
Thornton Wilder - 1920
Yale College graduation photo
Roger Sherman Studio
Viewfinder links:
Net links:
Britannica ~ Thornton Wilder
The Wilder Society ~ Wilder Life & Family
YouTube links:
The Bridge of San Luis Rey trailor
The Bridge of San Luis Rey complete film ()
Our Town 1989 (1 hr., 34 mins., 59 secs.)
Thornton Wilder Its Time documentary
Thornton Wilder: A Life (56 mins., 15 secs.)
"Now, the razor edge between past & future"
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