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Robert B. Nemiroff. . . (m. 1953; div. 1962) . 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 ...
The first in-depth documentary on the playwright, journalist and activist Lorraine Hansberry is presented by American Masters. See trailer and photos of the trailblazer who died at age 34.
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.
Swimming alongside Sighted Eyes in this sea of adulation is Imani Perry’s equally impressive 2018 biography Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry, which won the 2019 PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography, the Publishing Triangle Shilts-Grahn Award for Nonfiction, and designation as a 2018 New York Times Book Review Notable Book. There are, moreover ...
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
The documentary Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart is the first in-depth presentation of Hansberry’s complex life, using her personal papers and archives, including home movies...
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Jul 8, 2019 · Known For: Lorraine Hansberry was a Black playwright, essayist, and activist best known for writing "A Raisin in the Sun." Also Known As: Lorraine Vivian Hansberry. Born: May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Parents: Carl Augustus Hansberry and Nannie Perry Hansberry. Died: January 12, 1965 in New York City.
