Author: Thornton Wilder

Date of birth: 17 April 1897
Date of death: 7 December 1975
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Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel *The Bridge of San Luis Rey* and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel *The Eighth Day*.

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[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thornton_Wilder