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(1948-2018) Playwright. Ntozake Shange was born in Trenton, New Jersey, and died in Bowie, Maryland.

Full Name

Ntozake Shange

Locations

Kings

Author's Timeline


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OTHER

Ms. Shange graduated from Barnard College in Manhattan, New York.

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RESIDENCE

Ms. Shange lived in Brooklyn, New York.

1948

BIRTH

Ntozake Shange was born Paulette Linda Williams in Trenton, New Jersey, on October 18, 1948.

1976

LITWORK

For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide / When the Rainbow is Enuf


Play.

1978

LITWORK

Nappy Edges
St. Martin's Press
0312559054 / 978-0312559052
Poetry.

1982

LITWORK

Sassafrass, Cypress & Indigo
St. Martin's Press
0-312-69971-9 / 978-0-312-54124-8
Novel.

1983

LITWORK

A Daughter's Geography
St. Martin's Press
0312183429 / 978-0312183424
Poetry.

1984

LITWORK

Liliane: Resurrection of The Daughter
St. Martin's Press
312644108
Novel.

1985

LITWORK

Betsey Brown
St. Martin's Press
312077270
Novel.

1987

LITWORK

Ridin' the Moon in Texas
St. Martin's Press
0312889291 / 978-0312889296
Poetry.

1994

LITWORK

I Live in Music
Stewart, Tabori & Chang
1556703724 / 978-1556703720
Poetry.

2010

LITWORK

Some Sing, Some Cry
St. Martin's Press
031219899X / 978-0312198992
Novel written with Ifa Bayeza.

2017

LITWORK

Wild Beauty: New and Selected Poems
Atria Books
1501169939 / 978-1501169939
Poetry.

2018

DEATH

Ntozake Shange died in Bowie, Maryland, on October 27, 2018.

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