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Thornton Wilder won a total of three Pulitzer Prizes in his lifetime: two for Drama and one for a Novel.

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1928: The Bridge of San Luis Rey (novel)

1938: Our Town (drama)

1943: The Skin of Our Teeth (drama)

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Thornton Wilder won the 1928 Pulitzer Prize for his novel "The Bridge of San Luis Rey." This novel tells the story of the collapse of a bridge in Peru and the lives of the five people who died.


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Thornton Wilder's birth name is Thornton Niven Wilder.


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Thornton Wilder was born on April 17, 1897.


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Thornton Wilder died on December 7, 1975 at the age of 78.


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