Lydia Diamond | |
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| Born | Lydia Gartin April 14, 1969 Detroit, Michigan, U.S. |
| Occupation | Playwright, professor |
| Education | Northwestern University (BA) |
| Notable works | Stick Fly Harriet Jacobs Voyeurs de Venus |
| Children | 1 |
Lydia R. Diamond (born April 14, 1969, in Detroit, Michigan) is an American playwright and professor. Among her most popular plays are The Bluest Eye (2007), an adaptation of Toni Morrison's novel; Stick Fly (2008); Harriet Jacobs (2011); and Smart People (2016). Her plays have received national attention and acclaim, receiving the Lorraine Hansberry Award for Best Writing, an LA Weekly Theater Award, a Los Angeles Drama Critics Circle Award and the 2020 Horton Foote Playwriting Award from the Dramatists Guild of America.[1][2]
She has taught playwriting at DePaul University, Loyola University, Columbia College Chicago, Boston University, and University of Illinois at Chicago. She is also a Huntington Playwright Fellow and a Resident Playwright at Chicago Dramatists.
- ^ "UIC's Lydia Diamond wins Horton Foote Playwriting Award | UIC Today". today.uic.edu. Retrieved 2020-09-06.
- ^ Gans, Andrew (2020-02-06). "Lydia Diamond Named Recipient of 2020 Horton Foote Playwriting Award". Playbill. Retrieved 2020-09-06.