Ntozake Shange

 

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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 has also written several novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and 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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Ntozake Shange

Born 1948-10-18 (77 years ago) in Trenton.

Awards
Award Ceremony Year Awarded for
Guggenheim Fellowship for Creative Arts, US & Canada 1981
Obie Award for Special Citations 25th Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 1980
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf) 27th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 1977 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
Obie Award for Distinguished Productions (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf) 22nd Annual Village Voice Obie Awards 1977 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/ When the Rainbow is Enuf
Nominated for awards
Award Ceremony Year Nominated for
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Children's (Ellington was not a street) 36th NAACP Image Awards 2005 Ellington was not a street
Outer Critics Circle Award for Outstanding Broadway Musical (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf) 27th Annual Outer Critics Circle Awards 1977 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy, Variety, or Music Special (The Big Event) 29th Primetime Emmy Awards 1977 The Big Event
Tony Award for Best Play (For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf) 31st Tony Awards 1977 For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf
Relationships
Name From To Relationship type
David Murray 1977
Parents

Paul T. Williams, Eloise Williams

Sibling

Ifa Bayeza

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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 has also written several novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo, Liliane, and 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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