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Charles Gordone war ein US-amerikanischer Schauspieler und Dramatiker, der 1970 für sein Theaterstück No Place to be Somebody den Pulitzer-Preis für Theater erhielt und damit der erste afroamerikanische Dramatiker war, der mit dem Pulitzer-Preis ausgezeichnet wurde.
Charles Edward Gordone (October 12, 1925 – November 16, 1995) was an American playwright, actor, director, and educator. He was the first African American to win the annual Pulitzer Prize for Drama and he devoted much of his professional life to the pursuit of multi-racial American theater and racial unity.
24. Feb. 2021 · Learn about the life and legacy of Charles Gordone, the first African American to win a Pulitzer Prize for Drama and a beloved professor at Texas A&M University. Discover how his works explored the struggles of Black Americans and promoted racial unity in American theatre.
19. Nov. 1995 · Charles Gordone, who pioneered a polemical form of race-conscious theater with a blistering drama that made him the first black playwright to win the Pulitzer Prize, died Friday at his home in ...
25. Feb. 2021 · Through his works as an actor, playwright, and professor, the late Charles Gordone was able to educate people across the country about Black Americans’ struggle for equality. Gordone, who joined the College of Liberal Arts at Texas A&M University in 1987, was the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama.
16. Dez. 2007 · Learn about the life and achievements of Charles Gordone, the first African American to win the Pulitzer Prize for drama for his play No Place to Be Somebody. Find out how he became an actor, director, and playwright, and how he used theatre as a tool for social change.
Charles Gordone won an Obie (an award given to Off-Broadway productions) for his performance in an all-black production of John Steinbeck’s Of Mice and Men in 1964. Between acting and directing jobs, Gordone worked as a waiter in a Greenwich Village tavern. His experiences there inspired him to write his most famous play NO PLACE TO BE ...
