Skinker DeBaliviere in St. Louis, Missouri — The American Midwest (Upper Plains)
Ntozake Shange
Born October 18, 1948
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), October 7, 2018
1. Ntozake Shange Marker
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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° 39.311′ N, 90° 17.895′ W. Marker is in St. Louis, Missouri. It is in Skinker DeBaliviere. Marker is on Delmar Boulevard east of North Skinker Boulevard, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map.
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Marker is at or near this postal address: 6160 Delmar Boulevard, Saint Louis MO 63112, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Credits. This page was last revised on January 30, 2023. It was originally submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 169 times since then and 11 times this year. Photo1. submitted on October 13, 2018, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
