I-Pulitzer umvuzo wokudlala umdlalo u-August Wilson (ngo-Apreli 27, 1945-Oktobha 2, 2005) ungomnye wabalobi abathintekayo kwimidlalo yaseMelika. Uyaziwa ngokuba ngumjikelezo ongeyonto engakaze ibe yimizuzu eyi-10, edlalwa ngokuba ngumqhubi wePitburburgh kuba yonke into edlala kumdlalo wasePitburburgh apho uAust Wilson akhula khona. Uchungechunge lwemidlalo yokubhala iingxaki kunye neenjongo ze-Afrika yaseMelika ngelixa leminyaka elishumi leminyaka ye-20 leminyaka.
Iminyaka Yokuqala:
Unyana womama omhlophe nomama omnyama, u-August Wilson wazalelwa uFrederick August Kittel ngo-Apreli 27, 1945 e-Pittsburgh, ePennsylvania. Uyise, obizwa nangokuthi nguFrederick August Kittle, wayengumfuduki waseJamani kunye nesibhaki kwaye wachitha ixesha elifutshane kunye nosapho. Unina, uDaisy Wilson, wakhulisa uAgasti kunye nabazalwana bakhe abahlanu kwindlu encinci, egumbini lamagumbi amabini eMaspala eSithili saseMattsburgh abampofu, esebenza nzima njengendoda yokucoca ukubeka ukutya etafileni.
Xa uAgasti Wilson ebeselula, umama wakhe watshata noDavid Bedford kunye nosapho bathuthela eHazelwood, indawo engummhlophe ohlala kuyo. Kulapho nasesikolweni, uAgasti nentsapho yakhe bajamelana neengongelo kunye nobutshabala ngokobuhlanga. Emva kokuhamba kwizikolo eziphakamileyo ezahlukeneyo, kubandakanywa nonyaka e-Pittsburgh Central School School, u-Agasti Wilson ekugqibeleni waphuma esikolweni sonke, eneminyaka eyi-15 ubudala, waphenduka waya kwimfundo ye-Carnegie Library.
Iminyaka emdala:
Emva kokufa kukayise ngo-1965, u-August Wilson washintsha igama lakhe ngokuhlonipha unina. Ngaloo nyaka, wathenga umshicileli wakhe wokuqala waza waqala ukubhala izibongo. Etsaliswe kwi-theater kwaye iphefumlelwe ngentshukumo yamalungelo oluntu, ngo-1968 uAgasti u-Wilson wasungula i-Black Horizons Theatre kwiSithili sase-Hill yasePittsburgh kunye nomhlobo wakhe uRob Penny.
Umsebenzi wakhe wokuqala wahluleka ukunyamekela, kodwa umdlalo wakhe wesithathu, "uMa Rainey Black Bottom" (1982), malunga neqela labaculi abamnyama abaxoxa ngamava abo kuma-racist yaseMerika, bawubona u-August Wilson ngokuqatshelwa ngokubanzi njengomdlali wongoma kunye nomtoliki we-Afrika Amava aseMerika.
Awards & Recognition:
Uchungechunge lweemidlalo zikaAugust Wilson lwamsenza uqaphele njengenye yeemidlalo ezigubhayo zaseMelika kwaye wamfumana amanqaku amaninzi, phakathi kwabo i-Tony Award (1985), iNew York Drama AbaHlomelo be-Circle Award (1985) kunye nePulitzer Prize kwidrama (1990). I-Virginia Theater kwi-Broadway e-NYC yaqanjwa ngokuthi ngu- Agasti Wilson Theater ngozuko lwakhe ngo-2005, kunye ne-African American Cultural Centre yase-Greater Pittsburgh yabizwa ngokuba yi- August Wilson Centre ye-African American Culture ngo-2006.
I-Cycle of Pittsburgh:
Kwiimidlalo ezili-10 ezahlukeneyo, ngasinye sicala iminyaka elinesibini ye-20 leminyaka, uAgasti Wilson wahlola ubomi, amaphupha, ukunqoba kunye neentlekele zembali kunye neenkcubeko zaseAfrika. Ngokuqhelekileyo ibizwa ngokuba yi "Pittsburgh Cycle," kodwa enye yezemidlalo ihlelwe kwiNgingqi yesithili sase-Hill yasePittsburgh apho uAgasti Wilson akhule.
Umjikelezo ka-August Wilson wemidlalo, ukwenzela iminyaka elishumi apho umdlalo usetyenziswa khona:
- "IGem ye-Ocean," ngo-1904
- "UJoe Turner Uze Uhambe," 1911
- "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," 1927
- "I-Piano Lesson," ngo-1936
- "AmaGitta asixhenxe," ngo-1948
- "Izibuko," ngo-1957-58 no-1963
- "Iingqungquthela ezimbini," ngo-1969
- "UJitney," 1977
- "UKumkani uHedley, II," ngo-1985
- "I-Radio Golf," ngo-1997
UAgasti Wilson wathola impumulo evela kumculi wase-Afrika waseMerika, uRomre Bearden. "Xa mna [uWastern Wilson] ndabona umsebenzi wakhe, kwakuqala ukuba ndibone ubomi obumnyama buvela kuyo yonke into yayo, kwaye ndathi, 'Ndifuna ukwenza oko - ndifuna ukuba imidlalo yam ilingane iindleko. '"