Pulezidenti Wotsatsa Pulitzer August Wilson (April 27, 1945 - 2 Oktoba 2005) ndi mmodzi mwa olemba mabuku otchuka kwambiri ku America. Amadziwika bwino chifukwa cha masewera ake 10 omwe nthawi zambiri amachitcha kuti Pittsburgh Cycle chifukwa onse amatha kuwonetseratu masewerawa mumzinda wa Pittsburgh komwe August Wilson anakulira. MaseĊµero a mndandanda mndandanda wa zovuta ndi zokhumba za Afirika Achimereka pazaka khumi zonse za m'ma 1900.
Zaka Zakale:
Mwana wa bambo woyera ndi mayi wakuda, August Wilson anabadwa Frederick August Kittel pa April 27, 1945 ku Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Bambo ake, wotchedwanso Frederick August Kittle, anali Wachijeremani wochokera kudziko lina komanso wophika mkate ndipo anakhala ndi nthawi yochepa kwambiri ndi banja lawo. Mayi ake, Daisy Wilson, adakweza August ndi abale ake asanu mu nyumba yaing'onoting'ono ya zipata ziwiri m'dera la poor district ku Pittsburgh, akugwira ntchito mwakhama monga mayi woyeretsa kuti apereke chakudya patebulo.
Pamene August Wilson anali wachinyamata, amayi ake anakwatira David Bedford ndi banja lawo anasamukira ku Hazelwood, komwe kumakhala koyera kwambiri. Kumeneko ndi kusukulu, August ndi banja lake anakumana ndi zoopseza ndi tsankho. Atafika ku sukulu zapamwamba zosiyanasiyana, kuphatikizapo chaka ku Pittsburgh Central Catholic School, August Wilson pamapeto pake adasiya sukulu onse pamodzi ali ndi zaka khumi ndi zisanu (15) m'malo mwake adatembenukira ku sukulu ya Carnegie Library.
Zaka Zakale:
Bambo ake atamwalira mu 1965, August Wilson anasintha dzina lake kuti alemekeze amayi ake. Chaka chomwecho, anagula chojambula chake choyamba ndipo anayamba kulemba ndakatulo. Kujambula kumalo owonetsera masewerawa komanso kudzozedwa ndi kayendetsedwe ka ufulu wa anthu, mu 1968 August Wilson adayambitsa maziko a Black Horizons Theatre ku Hill District ya Pittsburgh ndi bwenzi lake, Rob Penny.
Ntchito yake yoyambirira inalephera kuyang'anitsitsa, koma gawo lake lachitatu, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (1982), ponena za gulu la oimba akuda akukambirana zomwe anakumana nazo mu America, adalandira ulemu wa August Wilson monga wothamanga ndi womasulira wa African Chidziwitso chaku America.
Mphoto & Kuzindikira:
Masewero a August Wilson adamuchititsa kuti adziwone ngati imodzi mwa zochitika zochititsa chidwi kwambiri ku America ndipo adalandira mphoto zambiri, pakati pawo ndi Tony Award (1985), New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1985) ndi Pulitzer Prize for drama (1990). The Virginia Theatre pa Broadway ku NYC adatchedwanso August Wilson Theatre mu ulemu wake mu 2005, ndipo African American Cultural Center ya Greater Pittsburgh inatchedwanso August Wilson Center ya African American Culture mu 2006.
Pakati pa Masewera a Pittsburgh:
M'masewero 10 osiyana, omwe anaphimba zaka khumi za m'ma 1900, August Wilson anafufuza miyoyo, maloto, kupambana ndi zovuta za mbiri ya African-American ndi chikhalidwe chawo. Kawirikawiri amatchedwa "Pittsburgh Cycle," koma imodzi mwa masewerawa imakhala m'dera la Hill District ku Pittsburgh komwe August Wilson anakulira.
Masewera a August Wilson, kuti adziwe masewera khumi:
- "Gem wa Nyanja," 1904
- "Joe Turner Wafika," 1911
- "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," 1927
- "Phunziro la Piano," 1936
- "Guitara Seveni," 1948
- "Mafesi," 1957-58 ndi 1963
- "Sitima Zambiri Zimathamanga," 1969
- "Jitney," 1977
- "Mfumu Hedley, II," 1985
- "Radio Golf," 1997
August Wilson anapatsidwa mphamvu kuchokera ku African American artist, Romare Bearden. "Pamene ine [August Wilson] ndinawona ntchito yake, inali nthawi yoyamba yomwe ine ndawona moyo wakuda ukuwonetsedwa mu chuma chonsecho, ndipo ine ndinati, 'Ine ndikufuna kuchita izo_ine ndikufuna masewero anga akhale ofanana ndi ake ziphuphu. '"