1. Naomi Wallace is widely known for her plays, and has received several distinguished awards for her work.
12 Facts About Naomi Wallace
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Naomi Wallace was born in Prospect, Kentucky, to Henry F Wallace, a photojournalist and correspondent for Time and Life magazines, and Sonja de Vries, a Dutch justice and human rights worker.
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Naomi Wallace then received two master's degrees from the University of Iowa.
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Naomi Wallace has taught English literature, poetry and play writing at Yale University, UCLA, Illinois State University, Merrimack College, American University of Cairo, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam and other institutions.
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In 2024 Naomi Wallace lectured at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens and the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki.
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Naomi Wallace has worked with women in the criminal justice system, and is a member of Showing up for Racial Justice.
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Naomi Wallace's plays are published in the US by Broadway Play Publishing Inc.
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Naomi Wallace's work has been produced in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Naomi Wallace's work has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize twice, the Joseph Kesselring Prize, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Drama Award, and an Obie Award.
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Naomi Wallace is a recipient of the MacArthur Fellowship, and a National Endowment for the Arts development grant.
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In 2012, Naomi Wallace was a recipient of the Horton Foote Prize for most promising new American play.
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In 2015, Naomi Wallace received an Arts and Letters Award in Literature from the American Academy of Arts and Letters.