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Date of Birth
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18-October-1948
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Place of Birth
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Trenton
(Mercer County, United States of America, New Jersey)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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Paulette Williams, Zaké, Paulette L. Williams
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Profession
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Writer, Novelist, Playwright, Poet, Screenwriter
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Ntozake Shange is an American playwright, and poet. As a self-proclaimed black feminist, she addresses issues relating to race and feminism in much of her work.
Shange is best known for the Obie Award-winning play For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow Is Enuf.
She also wrote Betsey Brown, a novel about an African-American girl who runs away from home. Among her honors and awards are fellowships from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Lila Wallace Reader's Digest Fund, and a Pushcart Prize. Shange lives in Brooklyn, New York.
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