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 photo journalist 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 playwrighting at Yale University, UCLA, University of Iowa, Illinois State University, Merrimack College, Hampshire College, American University of Cairo, Vrije University of Amsterdam and other institutions.
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Naomi Wallace has worked with women in the criminal justice system, and is a member of SURJ, 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, United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East.
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Naomi Wallace's work has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, 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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Naomi Wallace is the only living American playwright to enter the repertoire.
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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.