Ntozake Shange

Ntozake Shange (pronounced En-toe-ZAK-kay SHONG-gay) is an African American playwright, performance artist, and writer who is best-known for her Obie Award winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/when the rainbow is enuf. 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 Philadelphia.

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African American - Obie Award - Play - Guggenheim Foundation

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