奥古斯特·威尔逊是本世纪八十年代美国剧坛上空升起的一颗璀璨的明星,被誉为最伟大的美国黑人剧作家和八十年代美国戏剧界最了不起的巨匠。他的戏剧在纽约百老汇久演不衰。他于1987年及1990年两度荣获普利策戏剧奖。在五年内两度获得普利策文学奖者,在美国文学史上也是绝无仅有的。威尔逊于1941年出生于宾夕法尼亚州匹兹堡市内一个称之为“山丘”的黑人贫民窟内。 Auguste Wilson is a bright star rising over the American theater in the 1980s, hailed as the greatest African-American playwright and the greatest master of the 1980s American theater industry. His plays have been on Broadway in New York. He won the Pulitzer Prize twice in 1987 and 1990. The winner of the Pulitzer Prize twice in five years is also unique in the history of American literature. Wilson was born in 1941 in a black slum in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known as the “Hill.”