Lorraine Hansberry

Lorraine Hansberry is the author of the play A Raisin in the Sun. Her full name is Lorraine Vivian Hansberry and she was born on May 19, 1930 in Chicago, Illinois. Lorraine died at a every young at the age of 34 from pancreatic cancer. She also wrote many other books such as The Sign in Sidney Brustien's Window, The Drinking Gourd, The Movement, and Les Blancs. She was the first black woman to have a play be performed on Brodway, Hansberry has also been identified as a lesbian, and sexual freedom is an important topic in several of her works.