On This Date in Minnesota History: May 27

May 27, 1987 - Saint Paul mayor George Latimer named this date "August Wilson Day." Wilson was honored because he was the only person to both come from Minnesota and win a Pulitzer Prize.

Born in Pittsburgh, Penn., Wilson moved to St. Paul in 1978. His Pulitzer Prize-winning play Fences was one of many plays he wrote while living in St. Paul. Fences also won the 1986 American Theatre Critics' Association Award, the 1987 Drama Desk Award for Outstanding New Play, the 1987 New York Drama Critics Circle Award for Best Play, the 1987 Tony Award for Best Play  and the 1987 Outer Critics Circle Award.

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