Awards & Winners

August Wilson

Awards by August Wilson

Check all the awards nominated and won by August Wilson.

2007


Nominations 2007 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Radio Golf
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Radio Golf

2005


Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
(Lifetime Achievement Award)

Nominations 2005 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Gem of the Ocean

2002


Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play
Honored for : Jitney
(The BBC Award for Best New Play)

Nominations 2002 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Play Jitney
BBC Award for Best New Play

2001


Nominations 2001 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play King Hedley II

2000


The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama King Hedley II
The Helen Hayes Tribute, sponsored by Jaylee Mead
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Jitney

1996


Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Seven Guitars
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Seven Guitars

1995


Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Seven Guitars
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing - Miniseries, Movie or Dramatic Special Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Piano Lesson
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Television Movie Hallmark Hall of Fame
The Piano Lesson

1992


American Book Awards
Honored for : Black Thunder: An Anthology of African-American Drama

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Two Trains Running
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Two Trains Running

1990


Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : The Piano Lesson

Nominations 1990 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play The Piano Lesson
Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Piano Lesson

1989


Nominations 1989 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Pulitzer Prize for Drama The Piano Lesson

1988


Nominations 1988 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Joe Turner's Come and Gone
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Joe Turner's Come and Gone

1987


Tony Award for Best Play
Honored for : Fences
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
Honored for : Fences
Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award
Honored for : Fences

Nominations 1987 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Fences
Outer Critics Circle Award for John Gassner Playwriting Award Fences
Pulitzer Prize for Drama Fences

1985


Nominations 1985 »

Award Nominated Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom
Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Play Ma Rainey's Black Bottom