![]() ![]() Hwang became a frequent collaborator with Philip Glass and a number of composers over the years, including Chinese-born Bright Sheng on The Silver River (1997), a one-act opera based on an ancient Chinese folktale Argentine Osvaldo Golijov on Ainadamar (2003), an opera inspired by Spanish writer Federico García Lorca and Korean-born Unsuk Chin on the opera Alice in Wonderland (2007 based on Lewis Carroll’s Alice books). He attended Yale for one year during which time he penned two short plays- The Dance and the Railroad (1981, Drama Desk Award nominee), about two Chinese immigrant railroad workers and their expectations, and The House of Sleeping Beauties (1983), adapted from a short story by Japanese writer Kawabata Yasunari. It won an Obie Award in 1980 for Best New American Play. ![]() Hwang was born on August 11, 1957, in Los Angeles to Henry Yuan Hwang, the founder of Far East National Bank, and Dorothy Hwang, a piano teacher. The oldest of three children, he received a Bachelor’s degree in English from Stanford University where his first play, FOB (1979) premiered. It explores the contrasts and conflicts between established Asian Americans and "Fresh Off the Boat" new immigrants. ![]()
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