Quarter-length studio portrait of Thornton Wilder wearing eyeglasses. View the original photo here: WHI 2655.

Thornton Wilder was a novelist and playwright born in Madison. He is best known for his Pulitzer prize-winning play Our Town and was awarded first National Medal for Literature in 1962. 

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[Source: Thornton Wilder Society www.thorntonwildersociety.org]