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Suzan-Lori Parks

Writing

Born May 10, 1963 · Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States

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Biography

Suzan-Lori Parks is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks is the first African American woman to achieve this honor for drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Suzan-Lori Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & recognition

  • Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes · 2018
  • Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT · 2006
  • honorary degree from Spelman College · 2003
  • Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 2002
  • MacArthur Fellows Program · 2001
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  • Guggenheim Fellowship · 2000
  • Mount Holyoke College Mary Lyon Award · 1993
  • star on Playwrights' Sidewalk
  • Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 2015 · nominated
  • Tony Award — Best Play · 2002 · nominated
  • Pulitzer Prize — Drama · 2000 · nominated

Filmography6 titles

The Topdog Diaries

2002as Self

Genius

2017Executive Producer

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021Screenplay

The Making of Plus One

2010as Skye Brown - the director

Native Son

2019Writer

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015as Self