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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. [1] She was the first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway . Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun , highlights the lives of black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation .
Making deft use of archival images and footage and seamlessly incorporating scholars and contemporaries, Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart offers a broad yet intimate view of Lorraine Hansberry’s development as a Black woman artist and activist. Both the film and biography celebrate the playwright’s intricacies; however, neither
Feb 20, 2020 · Lorraine Hansberry died in 1965 at the far too young age of thirty-four. In those few decades, however, she nevertheless became “the first Black woman to have her play produced on Broadway...
April 1959: Writer and playwright Lorraine Hansberry poses for a portrait in her apartment at 337 Bleecker Street in April, 1959 in New York City,...
Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She was a writer, known for A Raisin in the Sun (1961), American Playhouse (1982) and National Theatre Live: Les Blancs (2020). She was previously married to Robert Nemiroff. She died on January 12, 1965 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Lorraine Vivian Hansberry
- May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, USA
Jul 26, 2019 · Although she died of cancer of the duodenum (the first part of the small intestine) on January 12, 1965 at the age of 34 and never had a chance to take that trip, her revolutionary works live on and continue to challenge and inspire us.
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In 1959, Lorraine Hansberry made history as the first African American woman to have a show produced on Broadway—A Raisin in the Sun. As a playwright, feminist, and racial justice activist, Hansberry never shied away from tough topics during her short and extraordinary life.
