Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder

Interment Location Visited  
Hamden, CT February 23, 2024  

Photographed February 23, 2024.
Photographed February 23, 2024.
Photographed February 23, 2024.
Photographed February 23, 2024.
Photographed February 23, 2024.

Fast Facts

Born: April 17, 1897 in Madison, Wisconsin

Pulitzer Prize for the Novel: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1928)

Pulitzer Prize for Drama: Our Town (1938); The Skin of Our Teeth (1943)

Presidential Medal of Freedom: Awarded by John F. Kennedy (1963)

Died: December 7, 1975 in Hamden, Connecticut

Cause of Death: Heart Failure

Age: 78

Interment: Mount Carmel Burying Ground, Hamden, Connecticut

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