1. Research Project about AUGUST WILSON
LIT
Professor Wells
Research Project about AUGUST WILSON 

2. Examples of his work:
Fences – 1986
The Piano Lesson – 1990
Joe Turner’s Come and Go

3. Biography Born on April 27, 1945, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Wrote first play, Jitney, in 1979
Married Judy Oliver in 1981
Won a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award in 1987 for Fences
Won another Pulitzer Prize in 1990, for The Piano Lesson

4. Biography (cont’d) Divorced Judy Oliver in 1990
His collection entitled Three Plays by August Wilson,
was published in book form in 1991.
Two Trains Running premiered in 1992
Married a costume designer called Constanza Romero in 1994
Died of liver cancer on October 2, 2005, in Seattle, Washington. 

5. Concerns regarding ethnic or minority issues
Self-authentication is not possible for African-Americans
Advocates for amalgamation of ideas and thoughts from all ethnic groups in America
Reclamation and re-inscription of black cultural legacy into the American society.

6. Examples from plays In his play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1991) ,
August Wilson suggests that without the
Reclamation of the African cultural legacy,
African Americans cannot self authenticate themselves.
In his play Joe Turner’s Come and Gone (1991), he dramatizes how the black Americans need to forge their identity into an identity that is African-American.

7. Three relevant quotes from interviews
“Blacks don’t melt in a pot… Because we are
very visible minority… We have a culture.” 
“I am an African, and I can participate in this
society as an African” 
“Let’s look at this again and see where we’ve come
from and how we’ve gotten where we are now.
I think if you know that, it helps determine how
to proceed with the future”

8. Three unique conventions of his work
August Wilson was an American playwright
and he has lots of wonderful work.
Among Wilson's great work, some best known
plays are;
Fences
Won Pulitzer Prize & Tony Award
The Piano Lesson
Won Pulitzer Prize & New York Drama Critics'
Circle Award.
Joe Turner's Come and Gone

9. Recent production of August Wilson’s “The Piano Lesson”
This production was done on May 11th, at the
Geva Theatre, 75 Woodbury Blvd.
It explores more significant themes like how
balancing of the past and the present can be
done and what it means in America to be black.
The following are the quotes of his work;
“Can't you see our soul is with this piano?”
“That's in the past. I want to trade this wood for land. I'm
trying to put my mark on the world, live my life my own way,“
“That's when I discovered the power of death. See, a nigger that
ain't afraid to die is the worse kind of nigger for the white man.
He can't hold that power over you.”

10. THANK
YOU
FURKAN
SENOCAK