Hansberry, Lorraine

Hansberry, Lorraine,

1930–65, American playwright, b. Chicago, studied Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, the New School, New York City. She grew up in a middle-class family on Chicago's South Side. In 1959 she became the first African-American woman to have a play produced on Broadway when A Raisin in the Sun opened to wide critical acclaim. The play deals with the serious and comic problems of a contemporary African-American family. The powerful play had an enormous influence on the work of African-American dramatists who came after her, and continues to be widely read, produced, and taught. Hansberry's next play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964), was less successful. Hansberry died of cancer at 34. A collection of her writings, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, was published in 1969. Biblio

See I. Perry, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (2018).

Hansberry, Lorraine

(1930–65) playwright; born in Chicago. She is best known as the author of A Raisin in the Sun (1959). A Broadway success and later a movie, the novel explored the struggles of a black family to escape from the ghetto. Hansberry died prematurely, before she was able to fulfill her promise as an eloquent spokesperson for African-Americans' trials and aspirations.

单词	hansberry, lorraine
释义	Hansberry, Lorraine Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930–65, American playwright, b. Chicago, studied Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, the New School, New York City. She grew up in a middle-class family on Chicago's South Side. In 1959 she became the first African-American woman to have a play produced on Broadway when A Raisin in the Sun opened to wide critical acclaim. The play deals with the serious and comic problems of a contemporary African-American family. The powerful play had an enormous influence on the work of African-American dramatists who came after her, and continues to be widely read, produced, and taught. Hansberry's next play, The Sign in Sidney Brustein's Window (1964), was less successful. Hansberry died of cancer at 34. A collection of her writings, To Be Young, Gifted, and Black, was published in 1969. Biblio See I. Perry, Looking for Lorraine: The Radiant and Radical Life of Lorraine Hansberry (2018). Hansberry, Lorraine (1930–65) playwright; born in Chicago. She is best known as the author of A Raisin in the Sun (1959). A Broadway success and later a movie, the novel explored the struggles of a black family to escape from the ghetto. Hansberry died prematurely, before she was able to fulfill her promise as an eloquent spokesperson for African-Americans' trials and aspirations.
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