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Born in Pittsburgh's Hill District, August Wilson (1945-2005) dropped out of school and then went on to become a Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright. His works include a ten-play cycle that chronicle the African-American experience in the 20th century, nine of which he set in Pittsburgh. The first of these plays he debuted at the Black Horizon Theater, which Wilson co-founded in 1968 in Pittsburgh's Hill District.
