1948
Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)
Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)
Ntozake Shange, American author, poet, and playwright (died 2018)
Ntozake Shange
American playwright and poet (1948–2018)
- Born
- 1948
Ntozake Shange was an American playwright and poet. As a Black feminist, she addressed issues relating to race and Black power in much of her work. She is best known for her Obie Award-winning play, for colored girls who have considered suicide / when the rainbow is enuf (1975). She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl who runs away from home.
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