August Wilson’s powerful play, The Piano Lesson, was awarded the 1990 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. The play, part of Wilson’s acclaimed Pittsburgh Cycle, explores themes of legacy, family, and identity through the story of a family’s struggle over a treasured heirloom piano carved with the faces of their enslaved ancestors.
Although sometimes cited in retrospectives in November due to staging or broadcasting dates, the Pulitzer was officially awarded in April 1990.
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