August Wilson (April 27, 1945 – October 2, 2005) was an American playwright whose work included a series of ten plays, The Pittsburgh Cycle, for which he received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama. Each is set in a different decade, depicting the comic and tragic aspects of the African-American experience in the twentieth centPittsburgh Public Theater, his first professional play.Frederick August Kittel, Jr. changed his name to August Wilson to honor his mother after his father's death in 1965. That same year he discovered the blues as sung by Bessie Smith and bought a stolen typewriter for $10, which he would often pawn when money was tight. At 20 he decided he was a poet and submitted his poetry to such magazines as Harpers. He began to write in bars, the local cigar store and cafes, on table napkins and on longhand yellow note pads, absorbing the voices and characters around him. He liked to write on cafe napkins because, he said, it freed him up and made him less self-conscious as a writer. He would then gather the notes and type them up at home. Gifted with a talent for catching dialects and accents, Wilson had an "astonishing memory," which he put to full use during his career. He slowly learnt not to censor the language he heard when incorporating it into his work. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/August_Wilson
August Wilson Pulitzer Prize
This picture represents August Wilson awarded with the Pulitzer prize. Which is a prize for his achievements in writing.
I, Too
I, too, sing America.
I am the darker brother.
They send me to eat in the kitchen
When company comes,
But I laugh,
And eat well,
And grow strong.
Tomorrow,I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dareSay to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Then.Besides,
They'll see how beautiful I am
And be ashamed
I, too, am America.
Langston Hughes
This poem relates to August Wilson growing up in a time of segregation and not being shy to express how he feels about life. _