Editing David Henry Hwang (section)

==Personal life==
Hwang was married to Ophelia Chong from 1985 until their divorce in 1989.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Witchel |first=Alex |date=2012-11-07 |title=The Man Who Can Make Bruce Lee Talk |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/magazine/david-henry-hwang-the-man-who-can-make-bruce-lee-talk.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Gerard |first=Jeremy |date=1988-03-13 |title=DAVID HWANG: RIDING ON THE HYPHEN |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/03/13/magazine/david-hwang-riding-on-the-hyphen.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> In 1993, he married actress [[Kathryn Layng]]. They have two children together.<ref>{{Cite web |title=DAVID HENRY HWANG INTERVIEW: It's OK to be Wrong and/or It's OK to be Hwang |url=https://usasians-articles.tripod.com/davidhenryhwang.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |website=US Asians}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Colman |first=David |date=2007-12-23 |title=One Character at a Time |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/23/fashion/23possessed.html |access-date=2022-08-12 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref>

In November 2015, Hwang was the victim of a stabbing near his home in [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn]]. The assailant stabbed Hwang in the neck, severing his [[vertebral artery]], before running from the scene. Hwang was seriously injured and underwent surgery before being discharged from the hospital. The attack appeared to be random, as nothing was taken; the assailant was never found. Hwang wrote about the experience in ''[[The New York Times]]''.<ref>{{cite news|author=David Henry Hwang|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/08/fashion/mens-style/the-time-i-got-stabbed-in-the-neck.html|title=The Time I Got Stabbed in the Neck|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=January 5, 2016|access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first1=Andy |last1=Mai |first2=Greg B. |last2=Smith |first3=Joe |last3=Dziemianowicz |first4=Joseph |last4=Stepansky |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/woman-slashed-bar-midtown-article-1.2487052 |title='M. Butterfly' playwright David Henry Hwang slashed in neck near Brooklyn home |website=New York Daily News |date=December 3, 2015 |access-date=February 27, 2019}}</ref> The stabbing also inspired a semi-autobiographical portion of ''[[Soft Power (musical)|Soft Power]]'', in which the lead character, also named David Henry Hwang, is the victim of a random stabbing.

Hwang endorsed [[Democratic Party (United States)|Democratic]] presidential nominee [[Kamala Harris]] in the [[2024 United States presidential election|2024 presidential election]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lotuspotus.craft.me/F4hKSRQGPj2jg1|title=AANHPI Men for Kamala Harris|date=August 7, 2024|access-date=August 7, 2024|website=capa21.com}}</ref>