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.

Shange's Other Writings and Professional Work

In addition to her plays, she has written poetry, novels, and essays. Among her books are Sassafras: A Novella (1977); Nappy Edges, a book of poems (1978); and three pieces (1981), a book contains three theatre pieces.

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Shange has taught at California State College, the City College of New York, the University of Houston, Rice University, Yale, Howard University, and New York University. In addition to the Obie Award, Shange has also won a Los Angeles Time Book Prize for Poetry and a Pushcart Prize.

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California State College - City College of New York - University of Houston - Rice University - Yale - Howard University - New York University - Pushcart Prize

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