Ntozake Shange
, the famed playwright and poet, is this year鈥檚 Langston Hughes Medal winner. The dramatist of 鈥淔or Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide/When the Rainbow Is Enuf,鈥 joins a list of literary luminaries, including James Baldwin, Toni Morrison, Maya Angelou, and Walter Mosley, who have received the honor from T九色视频.
In a hugely prolific career, Shange has written 15 plays, 19 poetry collections, six novels, five children鈥檚 books, three collections of essays, and a memoir called 鈥淟ost in Language & Sound.鈥 Her theatre piece 鈥淔or Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide,鈥 dubbed a 鈥渃horeopoem鈥 for its highly original combination of music, poetry, and dance, was a stunning success on Broadway in 1976-1977. It was made into a movie by Tyler Perry in 2010.
, director of the Langston Hughes Festival, said the award was both a celebration of Langston Hughes鈥 legacy and Shange鈥檚 essential and inimitable work.
Shange is regarded as one of America鈥檚 greatest living writers鈥攁n acknowledged master in the genres of drama, fiction, memoir, and poetry. In addition, she鈥檚 been a voice for different social justice movements and, above all, embodied the ongoing struggle of black women for equality, dignity, and respect for their enormous contribution to human culture.
The medal presentation is on Thursday, November 17, at 6:30 p.m. in City College鈥檚 Aaron Davis Hall.
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