Wilder, Thornton

Thornton Wilder was born April 17, 1897 in Madison ( Wisconsin ) in the family of publisher Amos Parker Wilder and journalist Isabella Niven Wilder, a teenager attended a German-language school in Shanghai , where his father held a diplomatic post. During World War I, Wilder served with the U.S. Coast Guard.

He studied at Oberlin College (Ohio) for some time, then entered Yale University . In 1920 , he received a bachelor's degree there, and in 1925 , already at Princeton University , a master's degree. In 1926 , he published his first novel, The Cabala.

From 1930 to 1936 , he taught a course in comparative literature at the University of Chicago . He taught literature at Harvard and several other universities. Member of the Second World War.

On December 7, 1975, Wilder died in a dream in Hamden, Connecticut .

Novels

• Kabbalah / The Cabala ( 1926 )
• The Bridge of King Louis Saint / The Bridge of San Luis Rey ( 1927 )
• "The Woman from Andros" / The Woman of Andros ( 1930 )
• “Heaven's My Way” ( Heaven's My Destination ( 1935 )
• " March Ides " / Ides of March ( 1948 )
• " The Eighth Day " / The Eighth Day ( 1967 )
• Theophilus North / Theophilus North ( 1973 )

Pieces

• “And the Trumpet Will Sound ” / The Trumpet Shall Sound (1926)
• “ An Angel That Troubled Waters and Other Plays ” / An Angel That Troubled Waters and Other Plays (1928)
• Our Town (1938)
• The Merchant of Yonkers (1938)
• “On the verge of death” / The Skin of Our Teeth (1942)
• “Matchmaker” / The Matchmaker (1954, based on the play by Johann Nestroy , later became the basis of the musical “ Hello, Dolly! ”, 1964 )
• "Alcestiad, or Life in the Sunlight" / The Alcestiad: Or, A Life In The Sun (1955)
• Plays for Bleeker Street (1962)

Opera Libretto

• Long Christmas Dinner (for Paul Hindemith )
• Alkestiad (for Louise Talma )

Movie Scenarios

• Shadow of Doubt (for Alfred Hitchcock )

Films

• 1929 - " Bridge of King Louis Saint "
• 1940 - Our Town
• 1944 - " Bridge of St. Louis the King "
• 1988 - Mr. North
• 2004 - The Bridge of King Louis Saint

Theatrical performances

• "March Ides" - a performance of the Theater. E. Vakhtangova, director A. Katz, 1991

• Wilder T. Bridge of King Louis Saint; Eighth Day / Foreword A. Mulyarchik. - M .: Progress, 1976.- 496 p. (Masters of modern prose)
• Wilder T. Our Town: A Play in Three Acts / Per. Yu. Rodman. - M .: Art, 1979. - 72 p.
• Wilder T. Bridge of St. Louis. March Ides. Day Eight. - M .: Rainbow, 1983 .-- 704 p.
• Wilder T. Angel, outraged by water, and other plays / Per. P.Yu. Rybina. - M .: Printing house of the Russian Agricultural Academy, 2005. - 190 p. (circulation of 500 copies)
• Wilder T. Heaven is my abode. / Per. Yu.A. Zdorova. - M .: AST, 2010 .-- 222 p. (pocket book, soft cover)
• Wilder T. Woman from Andros. / Per. ON. Anastasieva. - M .: AST, 2010 .-- 188 p. (pocket book, soft cover)
• Wilder T. Kabbalah. / Per. S.B. Ilyina. - M .: AST, 2010 .-- 221 p. (Hard cover)
• Wilder T. Theophilus North. Kabbalah Woman with Andros. Heaven is my abode. - M .: AST, 2010 .-- 704 p., 2,000 copies.
• Wilder T. Theophilus North. / Per. V. Golysheva, Ides of March. / Per. E. Golysheva. Foreword N. Anastasiev . - M.: Fiction, 1981. - 543 p.

• Pulitzer Prizes :
  • 1928 - for the story " The Bridge of King Louis Saint ",
  • 1938 - for the play " Our Town ",
  • 1943 - for the play "On the verge of death."

• 1952 and 1962 - Gold medals of the American Academy of Arts and Literature.
• 1965 - National Medal.
• 1967 - National Book Award for the novel "Day Eight."
• 1974 - James Madison Medal

• The thornton wilder society
• The Library of Congress: “Today in History: April 17”
• Wilder at The Thacher School; Wilder as closeted gay
• Text of Tony Blair's speech quoting Wilder
• Wilder, Thornton in the library of Maxim Moshkov
• Wilder, Thornton at the Internet Movie Database