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Contributing Institution:
Department of Special Collections and University Archives
Title: David Henry Hwang papers
source:
Hwang, David Henry
Creator:
Hwang, David Henry
Identifier/Call Number: M0636
Identifier/Call Number: 2395
Physical Description:
33 Linear Feet
Date (inclusive): circa 1982-2012
Language of Material:
English
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Gift of David H. Hwang, 1991 and 1992, 1998, 2003, 2004, 2009, 2023.
Addenda 2009-030 processed by Tim Noakes; finding aid revised Feb. 2009, and 2023.
[Identification of item] David Henry Hwang Papers, M636, Dept. of Special Collections, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford,
Calif.
Property rights reside with the repository. Literary rights reside with the creators of the documents or their heirs. To obtain
permission to publish or reproduce, please contact the Public Services Librarian of the Dept. of Special Collections.
David Henry Hwang is an award-winning playwright whose work often deals with the manipulation or breakdown of stereotypes--particularly
those concerning Asian-Americans--while exploring the frontiers of experimental drama. Hwang, a creative writing major who
studied with Stanford professor John L'Heureux, graduated from the university in 1979. He credits L'Heureux and playwright
Sam Shepard as early influences. His first play,
F.O.B., won the 1980 Obie Award.
M. Butterfly, the best known of Hwang's plays, won Broadway's Tony Award in 1988. In the years following
M. Butterfly's success, Hwang has moved toward filmwriting, exploring the Asian-American experience in films such as
Golden Gate. He has also expanded into musical theater and opera. Hwang has written for the musicals
Aida, the
Flower Drum Song revival, and
Tarzan. As of 2023, he has penned 13 opera libretti, five of which have been in collaboration with composer Philip Glass.
M. Butterfly,
Yellow Face, and
Soft Power, have been finalists for the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.
He is a professor at Columbia University School of the Arts, and a Trustee of the American Theatre Wing. Hwang has also been
inducted onto the Lucille Lortel Playwrights' Sidewalk and into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Includes original manuscripts, corrected typescripts, notes, correspondence, memorabilia, clippings, and photos.
The materials are open for research use. Audio-visual materials are not available in original format, and must be reformatted
to a digital use copy.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Asian Americans
American drama -- Asian American authors.
Drama -- 20th century
Dramatists, American
Librettists
Hwang, David Henry