Suzan-Lori Parks

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Also Known As	Susan-Lori Parks
Born	May 10, 1963 (age 61) • Fort Knox • Kentucky
Awards And Honors	Pulitzer Prize
Notable Works	“365 Days/365 Plays” • “Father Comes Home from the Wars (Parts 1, 2 & 3)” • “Getting Mother’s Body” • “Girl 6” • “Imperceptible Mutabilities in the Third Kingdom” • “In the Blood” • “Native Son” • “The America Play” • “The Book of Grace” • “The Death of the Last Black Man in the Whole Entire World” • “The United States vs. Billie Holiday” • “Their Eyes Were Watching God” • “Topdog/Underdog” • “Venus” • “White Noise”

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