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Suzan-Lori Parks

Writing

Born: 1963-05-10
From: Fort Knox, Kentucky, United States
Gender: Female
Popularity: 0.2

Biography

Suzan-Lori Parks is an American playwright, screenwriter, musician and novelist. Her 2001 play Topdog/Underdog won the Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2002; Parks is the first African American woman to achieve this honor for drama. Description above from the Wikipedia article Suzan-Lori Parks, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Awards & Nominations8 won · 3 nominated

🏆 Won

Windham–Campbell Literature Prizes

2018
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

2015
🏆 Won

Eugene McDermott Award in the Arts at MIT

2006
🏆 Won

honorary degree from Spelman College

2003
🏆 Won

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

Topdog/Underdog

2002
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Play

Topdog/Underdog

2002
🏆 Won

MacArthur Fellows Program

2001
🏆 Won

Guggenheim Fellowship

2000
Nominated

Pulitzer Prize for Drama

In the Blood

2000
🏆 Won

Mount Holyoke College Mary Lyon Award

1993
🏆 Won

star on Playwrights' Sidewalk

Acting4 titles

The Topdog Diaries
10.0
Movie

The Topdog Diaries

2002Drama
The Black List: Volume One
6.5
Movie

The Black List: Volume One

2008Documentary
The Making of Plus One
6.0
Movie

The Making of Plus One

2010Comedy
August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand
0
Movie

August Wilson: The Ground on Which I Stand

2015Documentary

Directing1 title

Anemone Me
0
Movie

Anemone Me

1990Drama

Writing4 titles

The United States vs. Billie Holiday
6.5
Movie

The United States vs. Billie Holiday

2021Drama
Their Eyes Were Watching God
5.7
Movie

Their Eyes Were Watching God

2005Drama
Native Son
5.4
Movie

Native Son

2019Drama
Girl 6
5.0
Movie

Girl 6

1996Comedy

Production1 title

Genius
7.5
Series

Genius

2017-2024Drama

Creator1 title

Genius
7.5
Series

Genius

2017-2024Drama