Croatia drama 3 Winters wins Blackburn Prize, A play about four generations of women growing up in Croatia after World War Two has won a prestigious playwriting prize for women.
Tena Stivicic received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her sweeping family saga 3 Winters, performed at London's National Theatre last year.
London-based Stivicic was presented with her $25,000 (£16,300) prize at New York's Playwrights Horizons theatre.
She said she wrote it to address the theatre community's gender imbalance.
The 37-year-old, who was born in Zagreb, urged women to write more plays and to write them from a female perspective.Read More
Tena Stivicic received the Susan Smith Blackburn Prize for her sweeping family saga 3 Winters, performed at London's National Theatre last year.
London-based Stivicic was presented with her $25,000 (£16,300) prize at New York's Playwrights Horizons theatre.
She said she wrote it to address the theatre community's gender imbalance.
The 37-year-old, who was born in Zagreb, urged women to write more plays and to write them from a female perspective.Read More
