Charles Gordone
Playwright, Author
1925 – 1995
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Who was Charles Gordone?
Charles Gordone was an American playwright, actor, director, and educator. He was the first African American to win the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama and he devoted much of his professional life to the pursuit of multi-racial American theater and racial unity.
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- Born
- Oct 12, 1925
Cleveland - Also known as
- Charles Edward Gordone
- Charles Edward Fleming
- Parents
- Siblings
- Spouses
- Juanita Barton
(1948 - ) - Jeanne Warner-Gordone
( - 1995/11/16)
- Juanita Barton
- Children
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- Columbia University
- New York University
- University of California, Los Angeles
- Los Angeles City College
- Died
- Nov 16, 1995
College Station
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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