Onye na-egwu egwu Pulitzer bụ August Wilson (April 27, 1945 - October 2, 2005) bụ otu n'ime ndị edemede kachasị emetụta ihe nkiri America. A maara ya nke ọma maka ọganihu ya a na-enwetụbeghị ụdị ya nke egwuregwu iri, nke a na-akpọkarị Pittsburgh Cycle n'ihi na ọ bụ nanị otu egwuregwu ka e debere na mpaghara Pittsburgh ebe August Wilson toro. Egwuregwu ndị na-eme egwuregwu na-atụle ọdachi na ọchịchọ nke African America n'oge ọ bụla n'ime iri afọ nke 20.
Afọ Ndị Mbụ:
Nwa nwa ọcha na nne ojii, August Wilson mụrụ Frederick August Kittel na April 27, 1945 na Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Nna ya, onye a na - akpọkwa Frederick August Kittle, bụ onye Germany na - eme njem na onye na - eme bred ma nọrọ obere oge na ezinụlọ ya. Nne ya, Daisy Wilson, zitere August na ụmụnne ya ise n'ime obere ụlọ nke abụọ n'ime ụlọ ogbenye Hill District dị na Pittsburgh, na-arụsi ọrụ ike dị ka nwanyị na-edozi edozi nri na tebụl.
Mgbe August Wilson dị afọ iri na ụma, nne ya lụrụ David Bedford na ezinụlọ ya kwagara Hazelwood, bụ obodo na-arụ ọrụ na-acha ọcha. N'ebe ahụ na n'ụlọ akwụkwọ, August na ezinụlọ ya hụrụ egwu na agbụrụ agbụrụ. Mgbe ọ gasịrị ọtụtụ ụlọ akwụkwọ dị elu dị iche iche, tinyere otu afọ na Pittsburgh Central High School Katọlik, August Wilson mesịrị hapụ ụlọ akwụkwọ niile, mgbe ọ dị afọ 15, na-atụgharị kama ịkụziri onwe ya akwụkwọ na Carnegie Library.
Afọ Ndị Agadi:
Mgbe nna ya nwụsịrị n'afọ 1965, August Wilson gbanwere aha ya iji sọpụrụ nne ya. N'afọ ahụ, ọ zụtara onye edemede mbụ ya ma malite ide uri. Edere ya na ihe nkiri ahụ ma mee ka ndị na-ahụ maka ihe ndị ruuru ya na-eme ihe, na 1968, August Wilson tinyere ụlọ ọrụ Black Horizons na Hill District nke Pittsburgh na enyi ya, Rob Penny.
Ọrụ nke mbụ ya emeghị ka anya ya dị ukwuu, ma egwu nke atọ ya, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (1982), banyere otu ìgwè ndị na-agụ egwú ojii na-atụle ahụmahụ ha na ndị America na-eme ihe ike, meriri August Wilson n'ụzọ zuru ezu dị ka onye ngosi na onye ntụgharị okwu n'Africa Ahụmahụ America.
Akara & Ịghọta:
Agụmakwụkwọ August Wilson na-eme ka a mara ya dị ka otu n'ime ndị na-egwu egwu na America ma nye ya ọtụtụ onyinye, n'etiti ha Tony Award (1985), New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1985) na Pulitzer Prize for drama (1990). A na-akpọ Virginia Theater na Broadway na NYC aha August Wilson Theatre na nsọpụrụ ya na 2005, a kpọgharịrị African American Cultural Center of Greater Pittsburgh na August Wilson Center maka African American Culture na 2006.
Nsogbu nke Pittsburgh nke ụgbọ mmiri:
Na 10 egwuregwu di iche iche, nke ọ bụla na-ekpuchi afọ dị iche iche nke narị afọ nke 20, August Wilson tụlere ndụ, nrọ, mmeri na ọdachi nke akụkọ ntolite na omenala Africa-America. A na-akpọkarị "Pittsburgh Cycle," ma ọ bụ otu n'ime egwuregwu ndị a na Pittsburgh dị na Hill District ebe August Wilson toro.
Ọgọchị August nke ịgba arụ ọrụ, site na afọ iri nke arụre egwuregwu ahụ:
- "Gem of the Ocean," 1904
- "Joe Turner's Come and Go," 1911
- "Ma Rainey Black Black," 1927
- "Ihe Piano," 1936
- "Ndị Guitars asaa," 1948
- "Fences," 1957-58 na 1963
- "Ụgbọ Mmiri Abụọ," 1969
- "Jitney," 1977
- "Eze Hedley, II," 1985
- "Redio Redio," 1997
August Wilson nwetara ume site n'aka onye art American art artist, Romare Bearden. "Mgbe m [August Wilson] hụrụ ọrụ ya, ọ bụ oge mbụ m hụrụ ndụ ojii na-egosipụta na ọ bara ọgaranya, m wee sị, 'Achọrọ m ime nke a - Achọrọ m ka m egwu egwu ka ya. akpa mgbochi. '"