WRITER

Lorraine Hansberry

1930 - 1965

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Lorraine Vivian Hansberry (May 19, 1930 – January 12, 1965) was an American playwright and writer. She was the first Black American female author to have a play performed on Broadway. Her best-known work, the play A Raisin in the Sun, highlights the lives of Black Americans in Chicago living under racial segregation. The title of the play was taken from the poem "Harlem" by Langston Hughes: "What happens to a dream deferred? Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 28 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 27 in 2024). Lorraine Hansberry is the 6,386th most popular writer (down from 6,203rd in 2024), the 11,876th most popular biography from United States (down from 10,706th in 2019) and the 861st most popular American Writer.

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Among writers, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 6,386 out of 7,302. Before her are Elizabeth Carter, Zakhar Prilepin, Charles Olson, S. E. Hinton, H. R. F. Keating, and R. C. Sherriff. After her are David McCullough, Beverly Cleary, Felicia Hemans, Susan Hill, Damon Runyon, and Helena Norberg-Hodge.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 593. Before her are Yves Delacour, Barry Unsworth, John Cullum, Satya Vrat Shastri, Mike Gravel, and Andrew Sachs. After her are Lajos Für, John Landy, Earl Hooker, Norman Johnson, Ivy Dumont, and Bill Lienhard. Among people deceased in 1965, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 227. Before her are Hans Beyer, Robert Sjursen, Felix Frankfurter, Herbert Morrison, Steve Cochran, and Helen Wainwright. After her are Vasily Struve, Bessie Barriscale, Vajiha Samadova, Henry Weed Fowler, Mahmoud Mokhtar El Tetsh, and Miller Anderson.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 11,878 out of 20,380. Before her are Rodger Bumpass (1951), Phil Silvers (1911), Anthony W. England (1942), Bobbie Gentry (1942), Tim Van Patten (1959), and Dave Wottle (1950). After her are David McCullough (1933), Clyde Lovellette (1929), Steven R. McQueen (1988), Vern Mikkelsen (1928), Jeff Ament (1963), and Alan Rudolph (1943).

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Among WRITERS In United States

Among writers born in United States, Lorraine Hansberry ranks 861. Before her are Jonathan Rosenbaum (1943), Martha Wells (1964), Tristan Taormino (1971), Richard Price (1949), Charles Olson (1910), and S. E. Hinton (1948). After her are David McCullough (1933), Beverly Cleary (1916), Damon Runyon (1880), Leslie Feinberg (1949), James Branch Cabell (1879), and George B. Seitz (1888).

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