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Ntozake Shange
Writer, Actor, Additional Credits
Born October 18, 1948Died October 27, 2018 (70 years)
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. She also penned novels including Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo (1982), Liliane (1994), and Betsey Brown (1985), about an African-American girl runaway from home. Among Shange's honors and awards were fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. In April 2016, Barnard College announced it had acquired Shange's archive. Shange lived in Brooklyn, New York.
Filmography
| 2014 | Transparent (TV Series) · as Ntozake Shange |
| 1981 | The 35th Annual Tony Awards · as Self - Presenter |