Wilson, Lanford

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Portrait of Lanford Wilson
Lanford Wilson
Name
Wilson, LanfordGender: M
born on 13 April 1937 at 05:45 (= 05:45 AM )
Place Lebanon MO, USA, 37n41, 92w40
Timezone CST h6w (is standard time)
Data source
Accuracy in questionRodden Rating C
Astrology data 23°08' 25°09 Asc. 23°50'



Biography

American writer, one of the pioneering playwrights off Broadway in the early '60s who survived and won public acceptance for his 30 plays written in less that 20 years. Following a childhood of poverty, he had a first commercial hit in 1972 with "The Hotel Baltimore." "Talley's Folly," earned him a Pulitzer Prize in 1980.

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Source Notes

Joe Fitzgerald quotes him by letter, "I think that this is the time."

Categories

  • Lifestyle : Financial : Rags to riches
  • Vocation : Writers : Playwright/ script
  • Notable : Awards : Pulitzer prize (1980)
  • Family : Childhood : Disadvantaged (Childhood poverty)
  • Notable : Book Collection : Culture Collection

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