Ntozake Shange, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Ntozake Shange

Contemporary African American writer and performance artist

Date of Birth: 18-Oct-1948

Place of Birth: Trenton, New Jersey, United States

Date of Death: 27-Oct-2018

Profession: screenwriter, actor, writer, poet, playwright, choreographer, novelist, essayist

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra

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Ntozake Shange ( EN-toh-zah-kee SHAHNG-gay; October 18, 1948 – October 27, 2018) 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.