Lynn Nottage

Lynn Nottage

American playwright (born 1964)

61 years oldScorpioUnited States

Biography

Lynn Nottage (born November 2, 1964) is an American playwright whose work often focuses on the experience of working-class people, particularly those who are black. She has received the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice: in 2009 for her play Ruined, and in 2017 for her play Sweat. She was the first (and remains the only) woman to have won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama twice.

Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship and was included in Time magazine's 2019 list of the 100 Most Influential People. She is currently a professor of playwriting at Columbia University and an artist-in-residence at the Park Avenue Armory.

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Career highlights

Employers / organisations

  • Yale University
  • Columbia University
  • Royal National Theatre
  • Princeton University

Notable works

  • Ruined

Family

Spouse(s)
Tony Gerber

Awards & honours (4)

  • Guggenheim Fellowship
  • MacArthur Fellows Program
  • Pulitzer Prize for Drama
  • star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

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Lynn Nottage is 61 years old (born November 2, 1964).
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Lynn Nottage was born on November 2, 1964.
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Lynn Nottage was born in Brooklyn.
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Lynn Nottage's zodiac sign is Scorpio.
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Lynn Nottage is a citizen of United States.
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Lynn Nottage is known as playwright, university teacher, writer, screenwriter.
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According to Wikidata, Lynn Nottage's spouse is or was Tony Gerber.

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