Delmar Loop in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Ntozake Shange
Born October 18, 1948
Photographed by Jason Voigt, December 28, 2024
1. Ntozake Shange Marker
Inscription.
Ntozake Shange. Born October 18, 1948. Born Paulette Williams, writer Ntozake Shange lived in St. Louis from 8 to 13 years of age on Windemere Place in the Ville. Her experiences in St. Louis infuse her work, especially the novels "Betsy Brown" (1985) and "Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter" (1994). She won an Obie Award for her electrifying stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." Now a standard of the American stage, the 1976-77 Broadway hit was adapted into a major motion picture in 2010. A prodigious author of poetry collections, novels and essays as well as plays, Ntozake Shange's work combines technical innovation and lyric exuberance with a passionate feminist voice writing from an African-American perspective.
Born Paulette Williams, writer Ntozake Shange lived in St. Louis from 8 to 13 years of age on Windemere Place in the Ville. Her experiences in St. Louis infuse her work, especially the novels "Betsy Brown" (1985) and "Liliane: Resurrection of the Daughter" (1994). She won an Obie Award for her electrifying stage play "For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf." Now a standard of the American stage, the 1976-77 Broadway hit was adapted into a major motion picture in 2010. A prodigious author of poetry collections, novels and essays as well as plays, Ntozake Shange's work combines technical innovation and lyric exuberance with a passionate feminist voice writing from an African-American perspective.
Location. 38° 39.342′ N, 90° 18.075′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Delmar Loop. It is on Delmar Boulevard east of North Skinker Boulevard, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6241 Delmar Blvd, Saint Louis MO 63130, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in the American Midwest, in the Lewis & Clark Corridor, in the Corn Belt, and in the Great River Road Region. Globally, it is in North America, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture, the Louisiana Purchase, and the Antebellum South.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking
Star was moved here from its previous location (where Magic Mini Golf is now, as of late 2024)
Credits. This page was last revised on December 28, 2024. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 388 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on December 28, 2024, by Jason Voigt of Glen Carbon, Illinois. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
