David Henry Hwang (Image credit: Courtesy David Henry Hwang)
The career of acclaimed dramatist David Henry Hwang began as a Stanford student in the late 1970s.
“During my time at Stanford, I discovered what I wanted to do for my life’s work and who I am as an AAPI,” Hwang said.
Hwang, who won a Tony Award in 1988 for his play M. Butterfly, will return to campus on Friday, April 12, as the 2024 Rathbun Visiting Fellow to deliver the Rathbun Lecture on a Meaningful Life at Memorial Church at 6 p.m. A program that began in 2008, the lecture – which is open to the public – engages students and other members of the university community in conversations about their personal ethics, beliefs, and motivations.
Hwang’s works have spanned the stage, movies, opera, and television, often with themes of multiculturalism. A professor at the Columbia University School of the Arts, he is a three-time Tony nominee, a three-time OBIE winner, a Grammy winner, and a three-time finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in drama.