NEW YORK CITY: Tena Štivičić is the winner 2015 Susan Smith Blackburn Prize. Štivičić received the award, which comes with $25,000 and a signed print by Willem de Kooning, at a ceremony on March 2 at Playwrights Horizons in New York City. The Blackburn Prize, now in its 37th year, recognizes the works of female writers in the U.S. and the U.K.
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Štivičić, who was born in Croatia and currently lives in London, won for her play 3 Winters, which premiered in December at the National Theatre. The play follows an eclectic Croatian family during post-World War II Zagreb.
Twelve playwrights were nominated for the prize this year, among them six playwrights from the U.S. The finalists, who will each receive $5,000, are as follows:
- Lisa D’Amour (U.S.) – Airline Highway
- Alice Birch (U.K.) – Revolt. She said. Revolt again.
- Alecky Blythe (U.K.) – Little Revolution
- Clare Barron (U.S.) – You Got Older
- Clara Brennan (U.K.) – Spine
- Katherine Chandler (U.K.) – Parallel Lines
- Frances Ya-Chu Cowhig (U.S.) – The World of Extreme Happiness
- Lindsey Ferrentino (U.S.) – Ugly Lies the Bone
- Zodwa Nyoni (U.K.) – Boi Boi Is Dead
- Heidi Schreck (U.S.) – Grand Concourse
- Ruby Rae Spiegel (U.S.) – Dry Land