Naomi Iizuka

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Naomi Iizuka is a playwright. Iizuka's works often have a non-linear storyline and are influenced by her multicultural background. Her plays are written without the use of capital letters.

Iizuka's mother is an American Latina and her father is a Japanese banker. Born in Tokyo, Iizuka grew up in Japan, Indonesia, Holland, and Washington, D.C. She has lived in Iowa and currently lives in Los Angeles, California.

Iizuka attended the National Cathedral School and has a B.A. in Classics from Yale University. She is a University of California, San Diego Alumna and has a MFA from the UC San Diego (1992), has taught playwriting at the University of Iowa and the University of Texas, Austin, and was a Professor of Dramatic Arts and Director of the Playwriting Program at UC Santa Barbara until January 2008 when she took over as the head of M.F.A playwrighting at UCSD.

[edit] Works

  • 36 Views (2001)
  • War of the Worlds (2000)
  • Language of Angels (2000)
  • Aloha, Say the Pretty Girls (1999)
  • Polaroid Stories (1997)
  • Skin (1995)
  • Tattoo Girl (1994)
  • At the Vanishing Point
  • Hamlet: Blood in the Brain
  • Anon(ymous)

[edit] Awards

  • 2006 Joyce Award Winner
  • Whiting Writers' Award, 1999
  • McKnight Advancement Grand
  • NEA/TCG Artist-in-Residence Fellowship
  • Princeton University’s Hodder Fellowship
  • 2005 Alpert Award in the Arts
  • Stavis Award from the National Theatre Conference
  • Rockefeller Foundation MAP grant
  • Gerobe Foundation Fellowship
  • Jerome Fellowship
  • PEN Center USA West Award for Drama

[edit] References

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