Joseph A. Walker

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American dramatist (1935-2003)

United States WritersLived 1935 to 2003 · aged 67

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Joseph Alexander Walker was an American playwright and screenwriter, theater director, actor and professor.

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1973Guggenheim Fellowship

Hull-Warriner Award

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Krishna ShahAlso in The River Niger (1976)

Ike JonesAlso in The River Niger (1976)

Jonelle AllenAlso in The River Niger (1976)

Paula VogelAlso won Hull-Warriner Award

David AuburnAlso won Hull-Warriner Award

Wendy WassersteinAlso won Hull-Warriner Award

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Joseph Alexander Walker was an American playwright and screenwriter, theater director, actor and professor. He is best known for writing The River Niger, a three-act play that was originally produced Off-Broadway in 1972 by the Negro Ensemble Company, before being transferred to Broadway in 1973 and then adapted into a 1976 film of the same name starring James Earl Jones and Cicely Tyson. In 1974, Walker became the first African-American writer to win a Tony Award, receiving the Tony Award for Best Play for The River Niger. The playwright previously won an Obie Award during that play's 1972 to 1973 Off-Broadway run.

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