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<b>August Wilson</b> was a major American playwright whose work has been consistently acclaimed as among the finest of the American theater. His first play, <i>Ma Rainey's Black Bottom</i>, won the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for best new play of 1984-85. His second play, <i>Fences</i>, won numerous awards for best play of the year, 1987, including the Tony Award, the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, the Drama Desk Award, and the Pulitzer Prize. <i>Joe Turner's Come and Gone</i>, his third play, was voted best play of 1987-1988 by the New York Drama Critics' Circle. In 1990, Wilson was awarded his second Pulitzer Prize for <i>The Piano Lesson</i>. He died in 2005.
The strongest, most passionate American dramatic writing since Tennessee Williams. --The New York Post Fences leaves no doubt that Mr. Wilson is a major writer, combining a poet's ear for vernacular with a robust sense of humor, a sure sense for crackling dramatic incident, and a passionate commitment to a great subject. --The New York Times A blockbuster piece of theater, a major American play. --New York Daily News An eloquent play... a comedy-drama that is well-nigh flawless. --New York Magazine A moving story line and a hero almost Shakespearian in contour. --The Wall Street Journal A work of tremendous impact that summons up gratitude for the beauty of its language, the truth of its character, the power of its portrayals. --Chicago Tribune
