{"id":141268,"date":"2022-11-02T17:31:00","date_gmt":"2022-11-02T16:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/english-two-time-pulitzer-winner-lynn-nottage-is-2023-ccny-langston-hughes-medalist\/"},"modified":"2022-11-07T15:10:25","modified_gmt":"2022-11-07T19:10:25","slug":"lynn-nottage-dos-veces-ganadora-del-pulitzer-es-medallista-ccny-langston-hughes-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hispanicprwire.com\/en\/lynn-nottage-dos-veces-ganadora-del-pulitzer-es-medallista-ccny-langston-hughes-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Two-time Pulitzer winner Lynn Nottage is 2023 CCNY Langston Hughes Medalist"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<style type=\"text\/css\"><![CDATA[\n\/* Style Definitions *\/\nspan.prnews_span\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\na.prnews_a\n{\ncolor:blue;\n}\nli.prnews_li\n{\nfont-size:8pt;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\n}\np.prnews_p\n{\nfont-size:0.62em;\nfont-family:\"Arial\";\ncolor:black;\nmargin:0in;\n}\n]]><\/style>\n<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 2, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Renowned playwright and screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=1968480124&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lynnnottage.com%2F&amp;a=Lynn+Nottage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Lynn Nottage<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is the recipient of The <span class=\"xn-org\">City College of New York&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-person\">Langston Hughes Medal<\/span>. The first woman in history to win two Pulitzer Prizes for drama, she&#8217;ll receive the Langston Medal at <span class=\"xn-org\">CCNY&#8217;s<\/span> 44th annual <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=2541025601&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccny.cuny.edu%2Flhf&amp;a=Langston+Hughes+Festival\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Langston Hughes Festival<\/a>\u00a0on <span class=\"xn-chron\">Feb. 9, 2023<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>The medal is awarded to highly distinguished writers from throughout the African American diaspora. It recognizes honorees for their impressive works of poetry, fiction, drama, autobiography and critical essays that help to celebrate the memory and tradition of <span class=\"xn-person\">Langston Hughes<\/span>. Past award winners include:<\/p>\n<ul type=\"disc\">\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">James Baldwin<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Gwendolyn Brooks<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Toni Morrison<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">August Wilson<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Maya Angelou<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Octavia Butler<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Zadie Smith<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Michael Eric Dyson<\/span>;<\/li>\n<li><span class=\"xn-person\">Rita Dove<\/span>; and<\/li>\n<li>Jamaica Kincaid.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Nottage\u00a0received her first Pulitzer Prize for Drama in 2009 for her play &#8220;Ruined.&#8221; She was awarded a historic second Pulitzer for drama in 2017 for her play &#8220;Sweat,&#8221; and remains the only woman to have won two Pulitzers in the drama category.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Sweat&#8221; will have a three-day run at City College, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 10-12<\/span>, in\u00a0Aaron Davis Hall&#8217;s Theatre B, located at West 135th St. and Convent Ave. It will be produced by the <span class=\"xn-org\">CCNY<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=2051742935&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccny.cuny.edu%2Fhumanities&amp;a=Division+of+Humanities+and+Arts%27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Division of Humanities and Arts&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0Theater Department. For tickets, call 212-540-6666 or <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=1111476727&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ccny.cuny.edu%2Ftheatre%2Fcurrent-season&amp;a=click+here+for+more+information\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">click here for more information<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Nottage&#8217;s plays have been produced widely in <span class=\"xn-location\">the United States<\/span> and globally. Her recent work includes the book for &#8220;MJ the Musical&#8221;\u00a0(Broadway), the libretto for the &#8220;Intimate Apparel\u00a0Opera&#8221;\u00a0(LCT), and\u00a0&#8220;Clyde&#8217;s&#8221;\u00a0(Broadway, 2ST, Goodman Theater), and co-curating the performance installation &#8220;The Watering Hole&#8221;\u00a0(Signature Theater).<\/p>\n<p>Her past work includes &#8220;Sweat, Ruined,&#8221; the book for &#8220;The Secret Life of Bees;&#8221;\u00a0&#8220;Mlima&#8217;s Tale;&#8221; &#8220;By the Way, Meet Vera Stark;&#8221; &#8220;Intimate Apparel;&#8221; \u00a0&#8220;Fabulation, or the Re-Education of Undine;&#8221; &#8220;Crumbs from the Table of Joy;&#8221; &#8220;Las Meninas;&#8221; &#8220;Mud, River, Stone;&#8221;\u00a0 &#8220;Por&#8217;knockers;&#8221; and &#8220;POOF!&#8221; She&#8217;s also developed\u00a0&#8220;This is <span class=\"xn-location\">Reading<\/span>,&#8221; a performance installation in <span class=\"xn-location\">Reading, Pennsylvania<\/span>.<\/p>\n<p>Nottage is the recipient of a MacArthur &#8220;Genius Grant&#8221; Fellowship (among other awards), is an Associate Professor at <span class=\"xn-org\">Columbia University<\/span> School of the Arts, and is a member of the Dramatists Guild. <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=3976344132&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lynnnottage.com%2Fabout.html&amp;a=Click+here+to+read+her+entire+bio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to read her entire bio<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Contact: <span class=\"xn-person\">Jay Mwamba<\/span>, <a href=\"mailto:jmwamba@ccny.cuny.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">jmwamba@ccny.cuny.edu<\/a>, 917.892.0374<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>SOURCE  <span class=\"xn-org\">City College of New York<\/span>, Office of Institutional Advancement and Communications<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"xn-content\">\n<p><span class=\"xn-location\">NEW YORK<\/span>, <span class=\"xn-chron\">Nov. 2, 2022<\/span> \/PRNewswire-HISPANIC PR WIRE\/ &#8212; Renowned playwright and screenwriter <a href=\"https:\/\/c212.net\/c\/link\/?t=0&amp;l=en&amp;o=3695568-1&amp;h=1968480124&amp;u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.lynnnottage.com%2F&amp;a=Lynn+Nottage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><span class=\"xn-person\">Lynn Nottage<\/span><\/a>\u00a0is the recipient of The <span class=\"xn-org\">City College of New York&#8217;s<\/span> <span class=\"xn-person\">Langston Hughes Medal<\/span>. 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