Editing David Henry Hwang (section)

==Honors/recognition==
Hwang has been awarded numerous grants, including fellowships from the [[National Endowment for the Arts]], a [[Guggenheim Fellowship]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.gf.org/fellows/all-fellows/david-henry-hwang/|title=David Henry Hwang|publisher=Guggenheim Foundation|access-date=13 February 2024}}</ref> and Rockefeller Foundations, the [[New York State Council on the Arts]], and the [[Pew Charitable Trusts]]. He has been honored with awards from the [[Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund]],<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.aaldef.org/events/oct-24-aaldef-theater-party-for-david-henry-hwangs-m-butterfly/|title=Oct. 24: AALDEF theater party for David Henry Hwang's M. Butterfly|access-date=13 February 2024 |date=September 29, 2017 |website=Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund}}</ref> the Association for Asian Pacific American Artists, the [[Museum of Chinese in the Americas]], the [[East West Players]], the [[Organization of Chinese Americans]], the Media Action Network for Asian Americans, the Center for Migration Studies, the Asian American Resource Workshop, the China Institute, and the New York Foundation for the Arts. In 1998, the nation's oldest [[Asian American theatre]] company, the East West Players, christened its new mainstage The David Henry Hwang Theatre. Hwang was featured in an autobiographical series by [[Boise State University]] with a summary of his early work, as part of the ''Western Writers Series'',<ref>{{cite book|first=Douglas |last=Street|title=David Henry Hwang|year=1989|pages=51|publisher=Boise State University |isbn=0884300897}}</ref> written by Douglas Street. In 2011, Hwang received the [[PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Award]] as a Grand Master of American Theater.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pen.org/winners-of-the-penlaura-pels-international-foundation-for-theater-awards/|title=Winners of the PEN/Laura Pels International Foundation for Theater Awards|date=April 29, 2016|access-date=13 February 2024 |website=Pen America}}</ref> In 2012, he was awarded the [[William Inge]] Award for Distinguished Achievement in the American Theatre,<ref>{{cite magazine|title=2012 William Inge Festival to Honor David Henry Hwang|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/2012-william-inge-festival-to-honor-david-henry-hwang-com-181411|first=Adam |last=Hetrick|magazine=[[Playbill]]|date=August 1, 2011}}</ref> the [[Asia Society]] Cultural Achievement Award, the [[China Institute]] Blue Cloud Award,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.chinainstitute.org/join-support/special-events/2015-blue-cloud-gala/|title=2015 Blue Cloud Gala|publisher=China Institute|access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190227060550/https://www.chinainstitute.org/join-support/special-events/2015-blue-cloud-gala/ |archive-date=27 February 2019}}</ref> and the Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.playbill.com/article/suzan-lori-parks-named-2018-steinberg-distinguished-playwright-award-winner|title=Suzan-Lori Parks Named 2018 Steinberg Distinguished Playwright Award Winner|magazine=Playbill|first=Adam |last=Hetrick|date=October 3, 2018}}</ref> In 2014, he received the Doris Duke Artist Award. In 2015, he received the 2015 ISPA Distinguished Artist Award.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ispa.org/page/awards_distinguish15|title=2015 Distinguished Artist Award Recipient David Henry Hwang|publisher=ISPA|access-date=February 27, 2019 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20190227060317/https://www.ispa.org/page/awards_distinguish15 |archive-date=27 February 2019}}</ref>

Mr. Hwang sits on the boards of the [[Dramatists Guild]], Young Playwrights Inc., and the Museum Of Chinese in the Americas (MOCA). He conducts interviews on arts-related topics for the national [[Public Broadcasting Service|PBS]] cable television show ''Asian America''. From 1994 to 2001, he served by appointment of President [[Bill Clinton]] on the President's Committee on the Arts and the Humanities.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://arts.princeton.edu/events/princeton-university-public-lectures-david-henry-hwang/|title=Princeton University Public Lectures: David Henry Hwang|publisher=Princeton University|date=March 23, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>

Hwang holds honorary degrees from [[Columbia College Chicago]] (1998),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Honorary Degree Recipients - College Archives - Columbia College Chicago |url=https://library.colum.edu/archives/college-history/honorary-degrees.php |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=library.colum.edu}}</ref> the [[American Conservatory Theater]] (2000),<ref>{{Cite web |date=2011-07-25 |title=David Henry Hwang |url=https://liachang.wordpress.com/profiles/david-henry-hwang/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Backstage Pass with Lia Chang |language=en}}</ref> [[Lehigh University]] (2011),<ref>{{Cite web |title=2011 honorary degree recipients announced |url=https://www2.lehigh.edu/news/2011-honorary-degree-recipients-announced |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=Lehigh University |language=en}}</ref> [[University of Southern California]] (2013),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Recipients – Honorary Degrees |url=https://honorarydegrees.usc.edu/past-recipients/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=honorarydegrees.usc.edu}}</ref> and [[State University of New York at Purchase]] (2015).<ref>{{Cite web |title=SUNY Honorary Degree Recipients |url=https://www.purchase.edu/commencement/suny-honorary-degree-recipients/ |access-date=2024-06-07 |website=www.purchase.edu |language=en}}</ref>

In 2012, Hwang was named a Fellow of [[United States Artists]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.unitedstatesartists.org/fellow/david-henry-hwang/|title=David Henry Hwang|publisher=United States Artists|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>

In 2015, Hwang was named a [[Ford Foundation]] ''Art of Change'' Fellow.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.fordfoundation.org/the-latest/news/the-art-of-change-meet-our-visiting-fellows/|title=The Art of Change: Meet our visiting fellows|publisher=Ford Foundation|date=April 7, 2015|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>

In 2018, Hwang earned induction into the [[American Theater Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.broadway.com/buzz/193359/joe-mantello-cicely-tyson-david-henry-hwang-more-named-theater-hall-of-fame-inductees/|title=Joe Mantello, Cicely Tyson, David Henry Hwang & More Named Theater Hall of Fame Inductees|publisher=Broadway Buzz|last=Lefkowitz |first=Andy|date=September 17, 2018|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref>