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  • NAME: Lorraine Hansberry
  • OCCUPATION: Playwright
  • BIRTH DATE: May 19, 1930
  • DEATH DATE: January 12, 1965
  • EDUCATION: University of Wisconsin, Art Institute of Chicago, Roosevelt University New School, for Social Research
  • PLACE OF BIRTH: Chicago, Illinois
  • PLACE OF DEATH: New York City, New York
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Lorraine Hansberry was an American playwright whoseA Raisin in the Sun(1959) was the first drama by an African American woman produced on Broadway.

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Born on May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Lorraine Hansberry wrote A Raisin in the Sun and raised the money herself to stage it at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre on Broadway, where it met with great success. The play went on to win the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award, and the film version received a special award at the Cannes Festival. Hansberry died at 35, leaving behind a promising career.

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