| LC control no. | n 50001478 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3569.H3324 |
| Personal name heading | Shange, Ntozake |
| Variant(s) | Williams, Paulette L. |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1948-10-18 |
| Death date | 2018-10-27 |
| Place of birth | Trenton (N.J.) |
| Place of death | Bowie (Md.) |
| Affiliation | Barnard College University of Southern California Sonoma State College University of California (System). University Extension |
| Profession or occupation | Fiction writer Poets Dramatists Entertainers |
| Found in | For colored girls who have considered suicide, c1975. From okra to greens, a different love story, 1984: CIP t.p. (Ntozake Shange) data sheet (b. 1948) Selected black Amer., African and Caribbean authors, 1985 (Shangé, Ntozake [Paulette L. Williams]; dancer, teacher, playwright; b. Trenton, N.J., 10-18-1948) Contemp. authors, v. 85-88 (Shange, Ntozake, 1948- ; original name Paulette Williams; name changed, 1971) African American National Biography, accessed September 14, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database: (Shange, Ntozake; Paulette Williams; fiction writer, dramatist, poet, essayist, playwright, performer; born 18 Oct. 1948 in Trenton, New Jersey, United States; BA in American Studies, Barnard College (1970); took a Zulu name, Ntozake, meaning "she who comes with her own things," (Band Shange, meaning "who walks like a lion" (1971); earned MA in American Studies from the University of Southern California (1973); taught at Sonoma State College and at the University of California Extension; moved to New York City (1975); nominated for Tony, Grammy, and Emmy awards; won the 1977 Obie for Best Original Play) New York times WWW site, viewed Oct. 29, 2018 (in obituary published Oct. 28: Ntozake Shange; b. Paulette Williams, Oct. 18, 1948, Trenton; adopted a Zulu name as a young woman; d. Saturday [Oct. 27, 2018], Bowie, Md., aged 70; spoken-word artist who morphed into a playwright with her canonical play For colored girls who have considered suicide/when the rainbow is enuf) |
| Associated language | eng |
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