Marsha Norman
Marsha Norman (born September 21, 1947 in Louisville , Kentucky ) is an American writer and screenwriter.
life and work
Marsha Norman's best-known work is Night, Mother , for which she received the 1983 Pulitzer Prize . In addition to dramas and screenplays, she also wrote song texts for musicals such as The Read Shoes , The Color Purple and The Secret Garden . For the latter, she wrote the script and lyrics based on the novel of the same name by Frances Hodgson Burnett and was awarded a Tony Award for her screenplay .
Works
- Getting Out (1977)
- Circus Valentine (1979)
- Night, Mother (Night, Mother) (1983)
- Traveler in the Dark (1984)
- The Fortune Teller (1987)
- Third and Oak
- The laundromat
- The Poolhall
- The holdup
- Sarah and Abraham
- Loving Daniel Boone
- Trudy Blue
- The Secret Garden (1991)
- The Red Shoes (1993)
- The Color Purple (2005)
- The Master Butchers Singing Club (2010)
Web links
- Literature by and about Marsha Norman in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marsha Norman in theInternet Movie Database(English)
- Official website
- Biography ( Memento from July 20, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) (English)
- Marsha Norman of a website (hall og honor) of the University of Louisville
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Norman, Marsha |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American writer and author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 21, 1947 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Louisville , Kentucky, United States |