Welcome to the official Thornton Wilder Society Web site, dedicated to preserving and expanding the legacy of Thornton Wilder, a three time Pulitzer Prize winner and the only winner for both fiction and drama.


Thornton Wilder

Thornton Wilder as Mr. Antrobus in his 1942 play The Skin of Our Teeth.

 

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Educational Resources


Bibliography
Books and Articles about Wilder's Works

Beinecke Research Grants
Yale Fellowships for Wilder Scholars

Our Town Study Guide
For Teachers and Students

Scholarly Exchange Bulletin Board
For Wilder Scholars

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The Society website is hosted at The College of New Jersey in Ewing, NJ.

              

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"WILDER IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY"

First Interntational Thornton Wilder Conference

October 2-4, 2008

The College of New Jersey

Ewing Township, NJ

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Upcoming Events

 

OUR TOWN, Oregon Shakespeare Festival, Ashland, OR, June 4-October 11, 2008

THEOPHILUS NORTH, Winnipesaukee Playhouse, Laconia, NH, July 9 19, 2008

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Scholarly Exchange Bulletin Board


 

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American Drama Conference

This November in Brooklyn, NY

Submission Deadline: June 15, 2008

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http://www.ibiblio.org/miller/events.html

 

Newsletter

The 2007 issue of The Thornton Wilder Society Newsletter is now available to Society members.  Join today and receive your copy free!

Now available: the full interview with the director of Wilder's adaptation of A Doll's House; click here to read it.

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archives

Read articles on a variety of Wilder-related topics.

 

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In The News


Review of Library of America Volume of Wilder's Dramatic Writing

The New York Times Sunday Book Review April 1, 2007

 

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Wilder Queries

Question:   Which video or DVD version of Our Town do you recommend?

 

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