Adrienne Kennedy
Adrienne Kennedy (born September 13, 1931 in Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania ) is an American author and playwright who has received three Obie Awards , among other things . She also received the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award in 2003 for her life's work .
Life
Adrienne Kennedy studied education at Ohio State University after attending school and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA Education).
She began her literary work as a playwright in the mid-1960s and published Funnyhouse of a Negro, her debut play in 1964 , for which she received her first Obie Award. For the two pieces June and Jean in Concert and Sleep Deprivation Chamber she was again honored with the Obie Award in 1996 and also received another Obie Award for her life's work in 2008. With her untraditional and unconventional style and her work based on her own experiences as an African American , she shaped the works of younger African American authors such as that of Pulitzer Prize-winning Suzan-Lori Parks .
In addition to her literary work, she was also a lecturer at Yale University , Princeton University , University of California, Berkeley and the University of California, Davis . Adrienne Kennedy also worked as a film producer and most recently produced the documentary Prohibition and the South Florida Connection in 2011 , following the television series WLRN Perspectives (2007) and the television film Muhammad Ali: Made in Miami (2008) .
2019 it was included in the anthology New Daughters of Africa by Margaret Busby added.
Publications
Dramas
- 1964: Funnyhouse of a Negro
- 1965: A Beast's Story
- 1965: The Owl Answers
- 1966: A Rat's Mass
- 1967: The Lennon Play: In His Own Write
- 1968: A Lesson In Dead Language
- 1969: Boats
- 1969: Cities in Bezique
- 1969: Sun
- 1973: Evening With Dead Essex
- 1976: A Movie Star Has to Star in Black and White
- 1980: A Lancashire Lad
- 1980: Black Children's Day
- 1980: Orestes And Electra
- 1992: Ohio State Murders
- 1992: The Film Club
- 1994: She Talks To Beethoven
- 1996: Sleep Deprivation Chamber
- 2001: June And Jean In Concert
- 2008: Mom, How Did You Meet The Beatles?
Other publications
- People who led to my plays , 1986
- Adrienne Kennedy in one act , 1988
- Deadly triplets , 1990
- The Alexander plays , 1992
- The Adrienne Kennedy reader , 2001
Background literature
- Philip C. Kolin: Understanding Adrienne Kennedy , 2004, ISBN 1570035792
Web links
- Literature by and about Adrienne Kennedy in the catalog of the German National Library
- Adrienne Kennedy in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Publications (openlibrary.org)
- Entry (Complete Guide to Playwrights)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kennedy, Adrienne |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer, playwright, and producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 13, 1931 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania |