CHARLES FULLER
Name: Charles Fuller
Born: 3/5/1939
Fuller was born in Philadelphia, the son of Charles H. and Lillian
Fuller. He attended Roman Catholic High School and then Villanova University (1956-1958),
then joined the U.S. Army in 1959, serving in Japan and South Korea. He left the
army in 1962, and later studied at La Salle University (1965-1967), earning a
DFA. After graduation, he co-founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in
Philadelphia in 1967, co-directing it until 1971. He later moved to New York
City, where he still lives.
Fuller has received grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts. He has also written short fiction and screenplays, and
worked as a movie producer. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East.
Charles Fuller Best known for A Soldier's Play, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer
Prize for Drama. He has stated that he vowed to become a writer after noticing
that his high school's library had no books by African American authors, a
promise he has fulfilled.
Name: Charles Fuller
Born: 3/5/1939
Fuller was born in Philadelphia, the son of Charles H. and Lillian
Fuller. He attended Roman Catholic High School and then Villanova University (1956-1958),
then joined the U.S. Army in 1959, serving in Japan and South Korea. He left the
army in 1962, and later studied at La Salle University (1965-1967), earning a
DFA. After graduation, he co-founded the Afro-American Arts Theatre in
Philadelphia in 1967, co-directing it until 1971. He later moved to New York
City, where he still lives.
Fuller has received grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the National
Endowment for the Arts. He has also written short fiction and screenplays, and
worked as a movie producer. He is a member of the Writers Guild of America, East.
Charles Fuller Best known for A Soldier's Play, winner of the 1982 Pulitzer
Prize for Drama. He has stated that he vowed to become a writer after noticing
that his high school's library had no books by African American authors, a
promise he has fulfilled.