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Lorraine Hansberry fue una dramaturga estadounidense, más conocida por ser la primera mujer afroamericana en escribir una obra de teatro que se produjo en Broadway. Su obra más bien recibida fue A Raisin in the Sun, que sigue a una familia afroamericana en el lado sur de Chicago cuando deciden seguir sus sueños. Lorraine Hansberry nació en ...
12 de ene. de 2018 · Jan. 12, 2018. A few months before her death from pancreatic cancer in early 1965, the playwright Lorraine Hansberry spoke about a letter to the editor that she sent to, but that was ultimately ...
Lorraine Hansberry was a prolific playwright, journalist, and activist. Her play A Raisin in the Sun was the first play by an African American woman produced on Broadway on March 11, 1959, at the Ethel Barrymore Theatre. It was revived on Broadway in 2004 and 2014. Generations of Black theater, television and film artists have been inspired by ...
19 de may. de 2022 · Lorraine Hansberry would write letters to congressmen — “My mother would find them when she was cleaning her room,” Mamie Hansberry said.
Overview. A Raisin in the Sun , written by Lorraine Hansberry and first performed in 1959, is a groundbreaking play that explores the struggles of a Black American family living in Chicago’s South Side during the 1950s. The story revolves around the Younger family, who are awaiting a $10,000 life insurance check following the death of the father.
17 de may. de 2019 · Lorraine Hansberry was born on May 19, 1930, and grew up in an intellectual milieu where she had frequent contact with W.E.B. DuBois, Paul Robeson and other notable African American activist leaders.
Lorraine Hansberry (Chicago, 19 maggio 1930 – New York, 12 gennaio 1965) è stata una scrittrice e drammaturga statunitense. Il suo scritto più famoso, A Raisin in the Sun, fu ispirato dalla battaglia legale combattuta dalla sua famiglia e contro le leggi di segregazione razziale di Chicago durante la sua infanzia.
