Author
Thornton Wilder
April 17, 1897 – December 7, 1975 · United States
Playwright, Novelist, Screenwriter, Writer
Titles on list
4
Total weeks
78
Peak rank
#1
Weeks at #1
11
Hit #1Dot size = weeks on list
Biography
- Born
- April 17, 1897 · Madison
- Died
- December 7, 1975 · New Haven
- Nationality
- United States
- Gender
- Male
- Languages
- English
- Education
- Princeton University, Yale University, Oberlin College, Berkeley High School, The Thacher School, Davenport College, Chefoo School
Awards & Honours
- 1938Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- 1943Pulitzer Prize for Drama
- 1957Peace Prize of the German Publishers' and Booksellers' Association
- 1959Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt
- 1959Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 1963Presidential Medal of Freedom
- 1968National Book Award
- 1974James Madison Medal
- Pour le Mérite for Sciences and Arts order
- National Book Award
On the Bestseller Lists
Historical bestseller data sourced from the New York Times Book Review. Biographical data from Wikipedia/Wikidata (CC0).