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I think I write in order to discover on my shelf a new book that I would enjoy reading, or to see a new play that would engross me.

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Thornton Wilder
Age: 78 †
Born: 1897
Born: April 17
Died: 1975
Died: December 7
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Madison
Wisconsin
Thornton Niven Wilder
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