The Hill District: August Wilson August Wilson, Winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Drama 1987 and 1990.(12) BORN: 1945. ...August would always be at the library, reading everything. Then, he'd come home and tell our mother what he learned that day. He was kind of like a walking newspaper. (13) I grew up without a father. When I was 20 I went down onto Centre Avenue to learn from the community how ...

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AMERICAN SHAKESPEARE April 6 , 2001 Gwen Ifill talks with playwright August Wilson. GWEN IFILL: When Tony-winner Brian Stokes Mitchell demands the opening act spotlight in August Wilson's latest play, the character he portrays-- King Hedley II-- is angry. He is tortured. BRIAN STOKES MITCHELL: They make up the rules, and then they break them themselves. It don't do nothing but put me two weeks ...