Ntozake Shange
Playwright, Author
1948 –
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Who is Ntozake Shange?
Ntozake Shange is an American playwright, and poet. As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work.
Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
She also wrote Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. Shange lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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- Born
- Oct 18, 1948
Trenton - Also known as
- Paulette Williams
- Zaké
- Paulette L. Williams
- Parents
- Siblings
- Ethnicity
- African American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Barnard College
- University of Southern California
- Employment
- Mills College
- Lived in
- Trenton
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on July 23, 2013
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