Writers-David Henry Hwang

David Henry Hwang

1957	He is the son of immigrant Chinese American parents and Born on August 11 in Los Angeles, California.
1975-1979	Attends Stanford University, graduates with a B.A. in English.
1978	First play, FOB, produced at Stanford.( Growing up in California as a Chinese American made him politically conscious during his college years in the late 1970s; this interest in his Chinese roots is evident in the central conflicts of FOB, which focuses on a Chinese immigrant’s relationship with two Chinese American students he meets in Los Angeles.)
1979	Teaches at a high school in Menlo Park, California.
1980-1981	Attends Yale University School of Drama.
1980	Wins Obie Award for FOB.
1981	The Dance and the Railroad and Family Devotions (Chinese American life) produced in New York City.
1983	The House of Sleeping Beauties and The Sound of a Voice (tales of Chinese American immigrants and themes of race and assimilation to stories about tragic love based on Japanese materials)produced off-Broadway; publishes Broken Promises: Four Plays; awarded Rockefeller Fellowship.
1984	Awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship.
1985	Awarded a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship.
1986	Rich Relations produced off-Broadway; As the Crow Flies produced in Los Angeles.
1987	My American Son, a television drama, airs on Home Box Office.
1988	M. Butterfly produced on Broadway and wins the Outer Critics Circle Award, Drama Desk Award, John Gassner Award, and Tony Award; establishes the American Playwrights Project; 1000 Airplanes on the Roof produced in Vienna, Austria.
1989	Publishes 1000 Airplanes on the Roof.
1990	Publishes FOB and Other Plays.
1991	Bondage produced.
1992	Face Value and The Voyage (libretto for opera) produced.
1997	Seven Years in Tibet (screenplay for film).