Whiting Awards
1 appearances
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Edition 8 (1992) Winner
Suzan-Lori Parks
スザン＝ロリ・パークス
Suzan-Lori Parks
Profile
- Gender
- Female
- Born
- 1963-05-10 （Fort Knox, Kentucky）
- Nationality
- American
- Languages
- English
- Religion
- Catholic
- Residence History
- Kentucky → West Germany → Texas → California → North Carolina → Maryland → Vermont
Career
- Occupations
- playwright, screenwriter, novelist, librettist, professor
- Active Years
- 1984-
- Affiliations
- NYU Tisch School of the Arts
- Influenced By
- James Baldwin, Wendy Wasserstein, Virginia Woolf
- Influenced
- Nominations
- Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist - In the Blood (2000), Pulitzer Prize for Drama finalist - Father Comes Home From the Wars (2015)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Holyoke College | — | English and German Literature | BA | 1981-1985 | United States |
| Drama Studio London | — | Acting | — | 1年間 | United Kingdom |
Mount Holyoke College
English and German Literature
Degree:
BA
Period:
1981-1985
Year of Graduation:
1985
Country:
United States
Studied under James Baldwin
Drama Studio London
Acting
Period:
1年間
Country:
United Kingdom
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2002 | Pulitzer Prize for Drama | Topdog/Underdog | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 2001 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Guggenheim Fellowship | — | — | John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 受賞 |
| 2015 | The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize | — | — | — | 受賞 |
| 2018 | Windham–Campbell Literature Prize | — | Drama | Yale University | 受賞 |
| 2023 | Tony Award | Topdog/Underdog (Revival) | Best Revival of a Play | — | 受賞 |
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
2002
Work:
Topdog/Underdog
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
2001
Organization:
John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
Guggenheim Fellowship
2000
Organization:
John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
Result:
受賞
The Dorothy and Lillian Gish Prize
2015
Result:
受賞
Windham–Campbell Literature Prize
2018
Category:
Drama
Organization:
Yale University
Result:
受賞
Tony Award
2023
Work:
Topdog/Underdog (Revival)
Category:
Best Revival of a Play
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Pulitzer Prize for Drama
1 appearances
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Edition 72 (2002) Winner
The Donald Windham Sandy M. Campbell Literature Prizes
1 appearances
-
Edition 6 (2018) Winner
Works
Major Works
Topdog/Underdog
2001 DramaStory of two African-American brothers, Lincoln and Booth. Lincoln impersonates Abraham Lincoln at an arcade.
raceidentityAmerican history
Venus
1996 DramaExperimental play based on the 19th-century Venus Hottentot.
raceexploitationbody
In the Blood
1999 DramaModern take on The Scarlet Letter, about destitute mother Hester.
povertymotherhoodsocial exclusion
Fucking A
2000 DramaAbortionist Hester in a Scarlet Letter-inspired world.
sinredemptionpoverty
The America Play
1994 DramaHistorical allegory featuring a Black Abraham Lincoln.
historyraceAmerican Dream
Bibliography
- The Sinner's Place (1984)
- Betting on the Dust Commander (1987)
- Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom (1989)
- The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World (1990)
- The America Play (1994)
- Venus (1996)
- In the Blood (1999)
- Fucking A (2000)
- Topdog/Underdog (2001)
- Getting Mother's Body (novel, 2003)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- experimentalnon-linear timerepetitive stylepoetic language
- Recurring Motifs
- racehistoryAmerican mythologyBlack experience
Legacy
Pioneering African-American playwright, first Black woman to win Pulitzer for Drama.
In Popular Culture
- Named one of Time 100 Most Influential People (2023)
Quotes
-
Lincoln is the closest thing we have to a mythic figure.
Source: Interview (2002)
Trivia
- Name spelled with 'Z' due to early career misprint
- First African-American woman to win Pulitzer Prize for Drama