Naomi Wallace
Naomi Wallace | |
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 Wallace at the University of Athens | |
| Born | 1960 (age 63–64) Prospect, Kentucky,U.S. |
| Education | Hampshire College(BA) University of Iowa(MFA) |
| Children | 3 |
Naomi Wallace(born 1960) is an Americanplaywright,screenwriter and poet fromKentucky.She is widely known for her plays, and has received several distinguished awards for her work.
Biography
[edit]Naomi Wallace was born inProspect, Kentucky,to Henry F. Wallace, a photojournalist and correspondent forTimeandLifemagazines, and Sonja de Vries, a Dutch justice and human rights worker.[1][2]
Wallace obtained aBachelor of Artsdegree fromHampshire College.She then received two master's degrees from theUniversity of Iowa.Currently, she divides her time between Kentucky and theYorkshire DalesinNorthern England(UK), where she lives with her partner, Bruce McLeod[3].
Wallace has taught English literature, poetry and play writing atYale University,UCLA,Illinois State University,Merrimack College,American University of Cairo,Vrije Universiteit Amsterdamand other institutions. In 2024 Wallace lectured at theNational and Kapodistrian University of Athens[4]and theAristotle University of Thessaloniki.
She has also worked with women in the criminal justice system, and is a member ofShowing up for Racial Justice.[5]She has been called "a dedicated advocate for justice and human rights in the U.S. and abroad, and Palestinian rights in the Middle East,"[6]and her writing described as "muscular, devastating, and unwavering."[7]
Activism
[edit]In the mid-2000s, Wallace was briefly detained by theUnited States Department of Homeland Securityafter defying theban on travelto Cuba.[8]
In August 2016, Wallace was one of the Freedom Riders with theWomen's Boat to Gaza.[9]
Publications
[edit]Wallace's plays are published in the U.S. byBroadway Play Publishing Inc.,Theatre Communications Group,Faber and Faberin the UK, and éditions Théâtrales in France. Wallace's work has been produced in the United States, the United Kingdom, Europe, and the Middle East.[10][11]
Awards
[edit]Wallace's work has received theSusan Smith Blackburn Prizetwice, theJoseph Kesselring Prize,theFellowship of Southern WritersDrama Award, and anObie Award.She is also a recipient of theMacArthur Fellowship,and aNational Endowment for the Artsdevelopment grant.[12]
In 2009,One Flea Sparewas incorporated into the permanent répertoire of the French National Theatre, theComédie-Française,and produced there in 2012. Only two American playwrights have ever been added to La Comédie's repertoire in 300 years: the other beingTennessee Williams.The play was translated into French by Dominique Hollier.[13]
In 2012, Wallace was a recipient of the Horton Foote Prize for most promising new American play.[14]
In 2013, she was awarded the inauguralWindham–Campbell Literature Prizeestablished at Yale University.[7][15]
In 2015, Wallace received an Arts and Letters Award in Literature from theAmerican Academy of Arts and Letters.[16]
Work
[edit]Plays
[edit]- In The Heart of America
- One Flea Spare
- The Inland Sea
- Slaughter City
- The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek
- The Girl Who Fell Through a Hole in Her Jumper(with Bruce E. J. McLeod; licensed under the titleThe Girl Who Fell Through a Hole in Her Sweaterin the United States)
- The War Boys
- Things of Dry Hours
- Birdy(an adaptation of William Wharton's novel)
- The Fever Chart: Three Visions of the Middle East
- Twenty One Positions: A Cartographic Dream of the Middle East(with Lisa Schlesinger and Abdelfattah Abusrour)
- The Hard Weather Boating Party
- One Short Sleepe
- And I and Silence
- The Liquid Plain
- Night is a Room
- Barrel Wave[17]
- The Return ofBenjamin Lay(produced at theFinborough Theatre[18]withMarcus Rediker)
- The Breach
- Returning to Haifa(withIsmail Khalidi (writer))[19][20]
Anthologies
[edit]- Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora[21]
- Double Exposure: Plays of the Jewish and Palestinian Diasporas[22]
Essays
[edit]- "Trump-ocalypse Now? Theater in the Age of Trump"[23]
- "Radical Vision and Form"[24](interview)
- "Let the Right One In: On resistance, hospitality and new writing for the American stage"[25]
Poetry
[edit]- To Dance A Stony Field(Peterloo Poets Press).
Films
[edit]- Lawn Dogs[26]
- The War Boys,co-written with Bruce E. J. McLeod
- Flying Blind,co-written with Bruce E. J. McLeod[27]
References
[edit]- ^Cummings, Scott T.; Abbitt, Erica Stevens (December 18, 2013).The Theatre of Naomi Wallace: Embodied Dialogues.Palgrave Macmillan.ISBN9781137017925.RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^"A.R.T. - American Repertory Theater - Naomi Wallace".americanrepertorytheater.org.RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^"Wallace & McLeod Family spend holiday dodging rubber bullets".
- ^"Wallace lecturing at the National University of Athens".
- ^"Showing Up for Racial Justice (SURJ)".RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^"CHASS: IN THE HEART OF AMERICA by Naomi Wallace".Archived fromthe originalon May 18, 2018.RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^ab"Windham Campbell Prizes – Naomi Wallace".The Donald Windham-Sandy Campbell Literature Prizes.Yale University.Archived fromthe originalon October 8, 2016.RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^Lyn Gardner (February 6, 2007)."Enemy within".The Guardian.London.
- ^Catron, Joe."Women's Boat to Gaza Prepares a New Challenge to Israel's Blockade".Truthout.RetrievedAugust 21,2016.
- ^"Naomi Wallace".The New York Times.April 8, 2009.
- ^"The Fever Chart".The American University in Cairo.Archived fromthe originalon January 11, 2018.RetrievedDecember 3,2023.
- ^"Naomi Wallace's Development Process for" The Hard Weather Boating Party "".New Play Blog.New Play Development Program, Arena Stage. March 13, 2009. Archived fromthe originalon October 5, 2010.
- ^"One Flea Spare (Une puce, épargnez-la) at La Comédie-Française".
- ^"Alumna Naomi Wallace wins Horton Foote Prize | Iowa Now - The University of Iowa".now.uiowa.edu.RetrievedDecember 4,2023.
- ^Dorie Baker (March 4, 2013)."Yale awards $1.35 million to nine writers".YaleNews.RetrievedMarch 5,2013.
- ^"American Academy of Arts & Letters Awards to Naomi Wallace and Zachary Lazar | Iowa Writers' Workshop | College of Liberal Arts & Sciences | The University of Iowa".writersworkshop.uiowa.edu.April 7, 2015.RetrievedDecember 4,2023.
- ^"Barrel Wave".Break The Wall.
- ^"The Return of Benjamin Lay at the Finborough Theatre".
- ^"Returning To Haifa – Finborough Theatre".
- ^"The Guardian review - Returning to Haifa".
- ^Wallace, Naomi; Khalidi, Ismail (eds.)."Browse Titles - Inside/Outside: Six Plays from Palestine and the Diaspora".Theatre Communications Group.Archived fromthe originalon July 25, 2016.RetrievedAugust 12,2016.
- ^"Double Exposure"– via www.playwrightscanada.com.
- ^Khalidi, Ismail; Wallace, Naomi (October 24, 2017)."Trump-ocalypse Now?".AMERICAN THEATRE.
- ^Murray, Joel (November 10, 2015)."Radical Vision and Form: A Conversation With Naomi Wallace".AMERICAN THEATRE.
- ^Wallace, Naomi (January 1, 2013)."Let the Right One In".AMERICAN THEATRE.
- ^"Lawn Dogs".May 15, 1998.RetrievedAugust 12,2016– via IMDb.
- ^"Flying Blind - BBC"– via BBC.
External links
[edit]
- Official website
- Naomi Wallace,Broadway Play Publishing Inc Playwright of the Year 1997
- Connie Julian (March 14, 2004)."Naomi Wallace: Looking for Fire".Revolutionary Worker(1232).
- Betty Shamieh (May 2008)."The Art of Countering Despair: Naomi Wallace".The Brooklyn Rail.
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- 1960 births
- Living people
- 20th-century American dramatists and playwrights
- Hampshire College alumni
- University of Iowa alumni
- MacArthur Fellows
- Writers from Kentucky
- 20th-century American women writers
- 21st-century American dramatists and playwrights
- 21st-century American women writers
- American women dramatists and playwrights
- American people of Dutch descent