| LC control no. | n 50017744 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| LC classification | PS3515.A515 |
| Personal name heading | Hansberry, Lorraine, 1930-1965 |
| Variant(s) | Nemiroff, Lorraine Hansberry, 1930-1965 |
| Associated country | United States |
| Birth date | 1930-05-19 |
| Death date | 1965-01-12 |
| Place of birth | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Place of death | New York (N.Y.) |
| Affiliation | University of Wisconsin Jefferson School of Social Science |
| Profession or occupation | Dramatists Civil rights workers |
| Found in | A raisin in the sun, 1959: title page (Lorraine Handberry) Contemp. auth. web, 10/24/96: (Hansberry, Lorraine (Vivian), 1930-1965; born May 19, 1930, in Chicago, Ill.; died of cancer, January 12, 1965, in New York, NY; married Robert B. Nemiroff, music publisher and songwriter, June 20, 1953, divorced March, 1964) African American National Biography, accessed via The Oxford African American Studies Center online database, July 27, 2014: (Hansberry, Lorraine Vivian; Lorraine Hansberry; dramatist; born 19 May 1930 in Chicago, Illinois, United States; studied drama and stage design at the University of Wisconsin (1948-1950), went to New York and began writing for Robeson's newspaper Freedom; attended The New School; marched on picket lines, made speeches on street corners, and helped move furniture back into evicted tenants' apartments; studied African history under W. E. B. Du Bois at the Jefferson School for Social Science; in 1959, her play A Raisin in the Sun earned the New York Drama Critic's Circle Award for Best Play; died 12 January 1965 in New York, New York, United States) |
| Associated language | eng |
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