"I had always been fascinated with Napoleon because he was a self-made emperor; Victor Hugo said, 'Napoleon's will to power,' and it was the title of my paper. And I submitted it to my teacher, and he didn't think I had written it. And he wanted me to explain it to him."

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About August Wilson

August Wilson was an American playwright known for the Pittsburgh Cycle, a series of ten plays about African American life in the 20th century. He received two Pulitzer Prizes for Drama.

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