Thornton Wilder
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Despite the three Pulitzer prizes awarded him, may
very well [have turned] out to be one of the few enduring writers of our
time...There have been countless other authors who in his day have been far
more "discussed." That was inevitable for a man who has neither hastened to
follow nor troubled to ....
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.... a Presbyterian
minister. They were to influence their son's works greatly. Wilder also had
a sister, Isabel, who was to become a distinguished novelist in her own
right.
Wilder's early education began in Hong Kong, where his father was
serving as American consul general in Shanghai (Goldstone 11). He was then
schooled at Berkeley, California; Chefoo, China; and Ojai, California
before completing high school back at Berkeley in 1915. He studied the
classics at Oberlin College and Yale Universi ....
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