Naomi Wallace
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Naomi Wallace is a poet and playwright from Prospect, Kentucky. Her plays include: In The Heart of America, One Flea Spare, Slaughter City, The Trestle at Pope Lick Creek, The Girl Who Fell Through a Hole in Her Jumper (with Bruce McLeod), The War Boys, "Things of Dry Hours" and the one act play The Retreating World. Her stage adaptation of William Wharton's novel Birdy opened on the West End in London. Her plays are published by Faber and Faber in London, and Broadway Plays in the U.S.
Wallace obtained her Bachelor of Arts from Hampshire College, and did graduate studies at the University of Iowa. Wallace's work has been produced in both the United Kingdom, Europe and the United States. Her work has received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize, the Kesselring Prize, the Fellowship of Southern Writers Drama Award, and an Obie. She is also a recipient of the MacArthur "Genius" Fellowship. She is a dedicated advocate for Palestinian rights in the middle east and is known to suport gay and lesbian human rights.
Her award-winning film Lawn Dogs is available on DVD.
Naomi Wallace resides in the Yorskhire Dales, UK, with her husband and family.
