Iranian-American woman, Pulitzer winner for theater play

The Pulitzer Prize Committee has awarded the theater prize to California-based Iranian-American woman Sanaz Tosi. Sanaz Tosi (English) won the Pulitzer Prize for the show.

The Pulitzer Prize is a prestigious American award in the fields of journalism, literature, theater and music.

Sanaz Tosi’s ‘English’ has won the 2023 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. Set in an English language class in Karaj, Iran, the play depicts the hopes and frustrations of Iranians in the months leading up to the 2009 Green Movement.

English made its world premiere last February at Atlantic Theater Company in a co-production with Roundabout Theater Company.

According to a review by the website Theatermania, ‘Everything is unclear, mystery lingers and the unsaid regularly hovers over the stage in moments of great dramatic tension.

‘English feels like a breath of fresh air when so many new plays seem to follow a thesis with which the playwright is happy to please the audience. This is Tosi’s first Broadway production.’

Tosi was also honored as an Emerging Artist by the New York Drama Critics Circle last spring.

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Sanaz Tunsi was born in California, USA, and her parents immigrated to America from Iran.

Tusi’s play is about language learning integrated into an English class. The life story of these students and teachers is somehow connected with language and identity.

Roya is a woman who wants to learn English, but after migrating to Canada, Roya’s son wants to forget his past and embrace a new culture.

Ukraine dominated

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and coverage of the ongoing war significantly dominated the 2023 Pulitzer Prizes announced in New York on Monday.

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The Pulitzer Prize Board announced that The New York Times won the award in the international reporting category for its ‘unflinching’ coverage of the conflict, including an eight-month investigation into the Ukrainian killings in the town of Bucha.

The Associated Press (AP) won a public service award for its “courageous” reporting on the siege of the Ukrainian port city of Mariupol, which was seized by Russian troops a year ago.

The agency also won the Breaking News Photography Award in February 2022 for its ‘unique and urgent images’ of the first weeks of the conflict launched by Russian troops.

The Los Angeles Times, on the other hand, won the Breaking News Reporting Prize for revealing secretly recorded conversations between local council members that included racist comments.

Wall Street Journal journalists won investigative reporting awards for stories about financial conflicts of interest among federal officials at 50 government agencies.

AL.com, a South Alabama news outlet, was honored with two awards, including a local reporting award, for revealing how a local police force raised its revenue. Residents were targeted. He also won the Commentary Award.