Suzan-Lori Parks Wins The 2015 Gish Prize For Excellence In The Arts

Suzan-Lori Parks Wins The 2015 Gish Prize For Excellence In The Arts

Black women continue to set new standards and achieve in this country despite the hardships we face everyday. A great example of this? Professor and award-winning screenwriter Suzan-Lori Parks proves that Black girls rock according to GBHE reports:

Suzan-Lori Parks, who teaches creative writing at the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University, has been chosen as the winner of the 2015 Gish Prize, established through the will of the late actress Lillian Gish. The prize, considered among the top honors in the arts, comes with a cash award valued at $300,000.

The Gish Prize Trust said that Parks’ work “challenges contemporary conceptions of race, sexuality, family and society, and is distinguished by its striking wordplay, vibrant wit, and uninhibited style.” Parks will be honored at a ceremony on November 30 at the Public Theater in New York.

Parks is a graduate of Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. She is a former MacArthur Foundation “Genius Award” winner. Professor Parks was awarded the Pulitzer Prize in 2002 for her play “Topdog/Underdog.”

Congratulations to Suzan-Lori Parks!!!!

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