Thornton Wilder
April 17, 1897 – December 07, 1975
Place of Birth:
Madison, Wisconsin, United States
Place of Death:
Hamden, Connecticut, United States
Thornton Niven Wilder (April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975) was an American playwright and novelist. He won three Pulitzer Prizes—for the novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, and for the plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth — and a U.S. National Book Award for the novel The Eighth Day.