David Henry Hwang | |
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 Hwang in 2013 | |
| Born | August 11, 1957 Los Angeles, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Playwright, screenwriter, television writer, librettist, lyricist |
| Education | Stanford University (BA) Yale University (MFA) |
| Period | 1980–present |
| Genre | Drama |
| Subject | Asian-American Identity Gender Politics |
| Literary movement | Contemporary Drama |
| Notable works | FOB The Dance and the Railroad Family Devotions M. Butterfly Golden Child Flower Drum Song (revival) Yellow Face Chinglish Soft Power |
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| Children | 2 |
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| Traditional Chinese | 黃哲倫 | ||||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 黄哲伦 | ||||||||||||||||
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David Henry Hwang (born August 11, 1957) is an American playwright, librettist, screenwriter, and theater professor at Columbia University in New York City. He has won three Obie Awards for his plays FOB, Golden Child, and Yellow Face. He has one Tony Award (M. Butterfly) and two other nominations (Golden Child and Flower Drum Song). Three of his works (M. Butterfly, Yellow Face, and Soft Power) have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.