Pulitzer Prize winwright Agusta Wilson (Afrilu 27, 1945 - Oktoba 2, 2005) yana ɗaya daga cikin marubuta mafi rinjaye a gidan wasan kwaikwayo na Amirka. Ya fi kyau saninsa game da wasan kwaikwayon da ba a taba gani ba na wasan kwaikwayo 10, wanda ake kira "Pittsburgh Cycle" saboda dukkanin wasanni ne kawai aka kafa a yankin Pittsburgh inda August Wilson ta taso. Hanyoyin wasan kwaikwayo sune tarihin abubuwan da suka faru da kuma burin halayyar jama'ar Amirka a kowane shekarun karni na 20.
Shekarun Farko:
Dan dan uba da mahaifiyar fata, August Wilson an haifi Frederick August Kittel a ranar 27 ga Afrilu 1945 a Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Mahaifinsa, wanda ake kira Frederick August Kittle, ya kasance baƙi ne kuma mai ba da burodi kuma ya yi ɗan lokaci kaɗan tare da iyalinsa. Mahaifiyarsa, Daisy Wilson, ta tada Agusta da 'yan uwansa guda biyar a wani karamin ɗakin gida mai dakuna biyu a cikin unguwar Hill Hill ta garin Pittsburgh, suna aiki tukuru a matsayin mai wankewa don saka abinci a kan tebur.
Lokacin da marigayi Wilson ya kasance yarinya, mahaifiyarsa ta yi auren David Bedford da iyalinsa suka koma Hazelwood, wani yanki na masu aiki da yawa. A can kuma a makaranta, Agusta da iyalinsa sun fuskanci barazana da nuna bambancin kabilanci. Bayan da ya shiga makarantun sakandare daban-daban, ciki harda shekara daya a makarantar sakandaren Pittsburgh, Agusta Wilson ya fice daga makarantar gaba daya, yana da shekaru 15, ya juya a maimakon karatun kansa a Cibiyar Carnegie.
Shekaru Adult:
Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa a 1965, Agusta Wilson ya canza sunansa don girmama mahaifinsa. A wannan shekarar, sai ya saya takardun rubutun sa na farko kuma ya fara rubuta waƙar. An gabatar da shi a gidan wasan kwaikwayo da kuma motsa jiki ta hanyar kare hakkin dan Adam, a cikin 1968 Agusta Wilson ya hada da gidan wasan kwaikwayo Black Horizons a cikin Hill Hill na Pittsburgh tare da abokinsa, Rob Penny.
Ayyukansa na farko ba su da hankali sosai, amma wasansa na uku, "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom" (1982), game da ƙungiyar mawaƙa na baƙar fata da suke magana game da abubuwan da suka samu game da 'yan wariyar launin fata Amurka, ya lashe August Wilson a matsayin dan wasan kwaikwayo da mai fassara na Afirka Kwarewar Amirka.
Awards & Lura:
Wasan kwaikwayo na watan Agusta Augustu ya zama sanannun 'yan wasan kwaikwayo na Amurka kuma ya sami lambar yabo, tare da Tony Award (1985), New York Drama Critics Circle Award (1985) da Pulitzer Prize for drama (1990). An sake baza gidan wasan kwaikwayon na Virginia a Broadway a NYC, a cikin shekarar 2005 a Cibiyar Theater na August Wilson , kuma aka sake sa Cibiyar Nazarin Cibiyar Al'adu ta Amirka ta Greater Pittsburgh a Cibiyar Nazarin Afrika ta Amirka a shekara ta 2006.
Ƙungiyar Pittsburgh ta Firayi:
A cikin wasanni 10 da suka bambanta, kowannensu yana rufe shekaru goma na karni na 20, Agusta Wilson ya binciko rayuwar, mafarkai, nasara da bala'i na tarihi da al'ada na Afirka. Sau da yawa ake kira "Pittsburgh Cycle," sai dai ɗaya daga cikin wasan kwaikwayo an saita a cikin unguwar Hill District na Pittsburgh inda August Wilson ya girma.
Aikin watan Agusta, Wilson, na wasan kwaikwayon, ta hanyar shekaru goma da aka shirya wasan:
- "Gem of the Ocean," 1904
- "Joe Turner ya zo ya tafi," 1911
- "Ma Rainey's Black Bottom," 1927
- "Darasin Piano," 1936
- "Guitars Bakwai," 1948
- "Fences," 1957-58 da 1963
- "Harkokin Kasuwanci Biyu," 1969
- "Jitney," 1977
- "Sarkin Hedley, II," 1985
- "Golf Radio," 1997
August Wilson ya sami wahayi daga dan wasa na Afrika, Romare Bearden. "Lokacin da na [August Wilson] ya ga aikinsa, shi ne karo na farko da na ga rayuwa baƙar fata ta gabatar da dukan wadatarta, kuma na ce, 'Ina so in yi haka - ina so wasan kwaikwayo na zama daidai da canvases. '"