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(1901-1974) Novelist, playwright, screenwriter. Robert Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, and died in San Diego, California. He studied at Columbia University and, for a time, lived in Bayside, Queens, New York.

Full Name

Robert Ingersoll Wilder

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


Unknown

OTHER

Mr. Wilder studied at Columbia University.

Unknown

RESIDENCE

Mr. Wilder lived for a time in Bayside, Queens, New York.

Unknown

LITWORK

Stardust


Play.

1901

BIRTH

Robert Ingersoll Wilder was born in Richmond, Virginia, on January 25, 1901.

1930

LITWORK

Sweet Chariot
Produced on Broadway at the Ambassador Theater

Play.

1940

LITWORK

God Has a Long Face
Putnam

Novel.

1942

LITWORK

Flamingo Road
G. P. Putnam's Sons

Novel. Mr. Wilder wrote the screenplay for the 1949 film of the same name based on this novel.

1946

LITWORK

Written on the Wind
G. P. Putnam's Sons

Novel.

1951

LITWORK

And Ride a Tiger
G. P. Putnam's Sons
1125813660 ISBN-13: 978-1125813669
Novel.

1955

LITWORK

The Wine of Youth
G. P. Putnam's Sons

Novel.

1958

LITWORK

The Big Country


Screenplay. Mr. Wilder, James R. Webb, and Sy Bartlett wrote the screenplay for the film, "The Big Country."

1960

LITWORK

The Sun Is My Shadow
G. P. Putnam's Son
0436273632 ISBN-13: 978-0436273636
Novel.

1964

LITWORK

Wind from the Carolinas
G. P. Putnam's Son

Novel.

1969

LITWORK

An Affair of Honor
G. P. Putnam's Son
0399100350 ISBN-13: 978-0399100352
Novel.

1973

LITWORK

The Sound of Drums and Cymbals
G. P. Putnam's Sons
0399110674 ISBN-13: 978-0399110672
Novel.

1974

DEATH

Robert Wilder died in La Jolla, San Diego, California, on August 22, 1974.

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