ABOUT AUGUST WILSON
American playwright who penned many award-winning plays including Fences and The Piano Lesson.
He co-founded the Black Horizon Theater in 1968.
He received a Pulitzer Prize for Drama for his work The Pittsburgh Cycle.
He was married three times, and his last marriage was to costume designer Constanza Romero in 1994.
He wrote the play The Piano Lesson, featuring Samuel L. Jackson .
