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Suzan Lori Parks wins 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama

NYP2002040803-NEW YORK, April 08 (UPI) -- Playwright Suzan-Lori Parks celebrates outside the Ambassador theatre in New York City with actor/rapper Mos Def (left) and Director George C. Wolf after the April 8, 2002, announcement that her play Topdog/Underdog has won the 2002 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Parks is the first African-American woman to win the Pulizter for drama. rlw/ep/Ezio Petersen UPI

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