Lorraine Hansberry

GPTKB entity

Properties (27)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf Author
Playwright
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:The_Black_Arts_Movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:New_York_Drama_Critics'_Circle_Award
gptkbp:birthDate May 19, 1930
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkbp:burialPlace Ferncliff Cemetery
gptkbp:deathDate January 12, 1965
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Wisconsin-Madison
gptkbp:famousQuote “There is always a possibility of a new beginning.”
“I am not an artist, I am a human being.”
“The thing that makes you different is what makes you special.”
“It is the things that make us different that make us who we are.”
“You cannot live in a world of your own.”
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Lorraine Hansberry
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:W.E.B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Paul_Robeson
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkbp:inspiredBy African_American_culture
gptkbp:knownFor Exploring_race_and_identity_in_America
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork A Raisin in the Sun
gptkbp:occupation Civil Rights Activist
gptkbp:placeOfDeath New_York_City,_New_York
gptkbp:productionCompany 1950s
1960s
gptkbp:spouse Robert Nemiroff