Thornton Wilder

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born

April 17, 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin, The United States

died

December 07, 1975

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Literature & Fiction

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Thornton Niven Wilder was an American playwright and novelist. He received three Pulitzer Prizes, one for his novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey and two for his plays Our Town and The Skin of Our Teeth, and a National Book Award for his novel The Eighth Day.
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Average rating: 3.60 · 20,875 ratings · 1,373 reviews · 59 distinct works

	Our Town 3.49 avg rating — 11,945 ratings — published 1938 — 30 editions	My rating:
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey 3.69 avg rating — 6,439 ratings — published 1927 — 59 editions	My rating:
	The Skin of Our Teeth by Thornton Wilder, Paula Vogel (Foreword by) 3.78 avg rating — 864 ratings — published 1942 — 6 editions	My rating:
	Three Plays: Our Town/The Skin of Our Teeth/The Matchmaker by Thornton Wilder, John Guare 3.97 avg rating — 390 ratings — published 1957 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Eighth Day by Thornton Wilder, John Updike (Foreword by) 3.98 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1967 — 9 editions	My rating:
	Theophilus North by Thornton Wilder, Christopher Buckley (Foreword by) 3.93 avg rating — 242 ratings — published 1973 — 13 editions	My rating:
	The Ides of March by Thornton Wilder, Kurt Vonnegut 3.95 avg rating — 228 ratings — published 1948 — 24 editions	My rating:
	The Matchmaker 3.55 avg rating — 135 ratings — published 1954	My rating:
	Heaven's My Destination by Thornton Wilder, J.D. McClatchy 3.82 avg rating — 78 ratings — published 1935 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Bridge of San Luis Rey and Other Stories by Thornton Wilder, J.D. McClatchy (Editor) 4.25 avg rating — 40 ratings — published 2009	My rating:

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“We can only be said to be alive in those moments when our hearts are conscious of our treasures.”
― Thornton Wilder

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“The highest tribute to the dead is not grief but gratitude.”
― Thornton Wilder

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