Lorraine Hansberry

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:person
gptkbp:almaMater gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin–Madison
gptkbp:awardReceived gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award_for_Best_Play
gptkbp:birthDate 1930-05-19
gptkbp:birthPlace gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:causeOfDeath pancreatic cancer
gptkbp:deathDate 1965-01-12
gptkbp:deathPlace gptkb:New_York_City,_New_York,_United_States
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African-American
gptkbp:gender female
gptkbp:genre drama
essay
short story
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lorraine Hansberry
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:Amiri_Baraka
gptkb:Nikki_Giovanni
gptkb:Ntozake_Shange
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkbp:knownFor first African-American female author to have a play performed on Broadway
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:A_Raisin_in_the_Sun
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:activist
gptkb:writer
playwright
gptkbp:parent gptkb:Carl_Augustus_Hansberry
gptkb:Nannie_Louise_Perry
gptkbp:religion atheism
gptkbp:residence gptkb:Greenwich_Village,_New_York_City
gptkbp:sibling gptkb:Carl_Hansberry_Jr.
gptkb:Mamie_Hansberry
gptkb:Perry_Hansberry
gptkbp:signature Lorraine Hansberry signature.svg
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:Robert_Nemiroff
gptkbp:subjectOf biography 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black'
play 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black'
documentary 'Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart'
song 'To Be Young, Gifted and Black' by Nina Simone
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gptkb:Lynn_Nottage
gptkb:The_Norton_Anthology_of_African_American_Literature
gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin
gptkb:New_School_for_Social_Research
gptkb:African_American_literature
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