“To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of October 27, 2018. Memorial information / details will follow at a later date,” Shange’s family said in a statement.
To our extended family and friends, it is with sorrow that we inform you that our loved one, Ntozake Shange, passed away peacefully in her sleep in the early morning of October 27, 2018. Memorial information / details will follow at a later date.
— Ntozake Shange (@NtozakeShange1) October 27, 2018
The family of Ntozake Shange
Shange, who was born Paulette L. Williams, first produced "For Colored Girls," a choreopoem, off-Broadway. It was adapted into a book in 1977, Deadline reported. Tyler Perry adapted the play into a film in 2010.
The Associated Press reported Shange wrote 15 other plays, six novels, three essay collections, five children's books and 19 poetry collections.
"Zake was a woman of extravagance and flourish, and she left quickly without suffering," Shange's sister, Ifa Bayeza, told the Star Tribune. "It's a huge loss for the world. I don't think there's a day on the planet when there's not a young woman who discovers herself through the words of my sister."
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