Carl Hancock Rux, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Carl Hancock Rux

American performer, writer and artist

Date of Birth: 24-Mar-1971

Place of Birth: New York City, New York, United States

Profession: artist, musician, novelist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Aries

Carl Hancock Rux is an American poet, playwright, novelist, essayist, actor, director, singer/ songwriter.
He is the author of several books including the Village Voice Literary Prize-winning "Pagan Operetta," the novel, Asphalt, and the Obie Award-winning play, Talk.
Rux is also a singer/songwriter with four CDs to his credit, as well as a frequent collaborator in the fields of dance, theater, film, and contemporary art .
Notable collaborators include Nona Hendryx, Toshi Reagon, Bill T.
Jones, Ronald K.
Brown, Nick Cave, Anne Bogart, Robert Wilson, Kenny Leon, Ruben Santiago-Hudson, Jonathan Demme, Stanley Nelson Jr., Carrie Mae Weems, Glenn Ligon and others.
He is the recipient of numerous awards including the Doris Duke Award for New Works, the Doris Duke Charitable Fund, the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) Prize, the Bessie Award and the Alpert Award in the Arts, and a 2019 Global Change Maker award by WeMakeChange.Org.
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His archives are housed at the Billy Rose Theater Division of the New York Public Library, the Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution as well as the Film and Video/Theater and Dance Library of the California Institute of the Arts.