Annie Lanzillotto
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June 1, 1963 (age 53) Bronx, New York, United States |
| Occupation | Author, performance artist, poet, song writer, teacher |
| Ethnicity | Italian American |
| Period | 1990s --- |
| Notable works | Grandma Nunzio in Tony n' Tina's Wedding Times Square (2013). *[4] David Gonzalez "A Role That Blurs the Lines Between Drama and Reality". The New York Times, May 25, 2014. L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir, Schistsong, a'Schapett at The Arthur Avenue Retail Market, How To Wake Up a Marine in a Foxhole, and The Flat Earth: Wheredafffhuck Did New York Go? |
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Annie Lanzillotto (born June 1, 1963 in Bronx, New York) is an American author, poet, songwriter, director, actor, performance artist, of Italian descent. Her book, L Is for Lion: An Italian Bronx Butch Freedom Memoir was published by State University of New York Press 2013. Her book of poetry, Schistsong was published by Bordighera Press. She has been interviewed on Wisconsin Public Radio's Here on Earth: Radio Without Borders. She is a member of Actors' Equity,Pen America,Malìa: a Collective of Italian American Women, The Italian American Writers Association (IAWA), a blogger for i-Italy.com. and has been a Writer-in-Residence at Hedgebrook,Santa Fe Art Institute and New Jersey City University. Lanzillotto has shared her history for the Sophia Smith Collection at Smith College's Documenting Lesbian Lives Oral History Project. She has taught Solo-Theater at The Actor's Theatre of Louisville.
Annie Lanzillotto was born in the Bronx, New York. Lanzillotto is the fourth of four children. She is a third generation Italian American whose grandparents came from the Bari province of Italy; Acquaviva delle Fonti, Cassano delle Murge, and Bitetto. Her father, Joseph Rocco Lanzillotto was an iceman, boiler repairman, and U.S. Marine who fought in World War II in the Battle of Okinawa. Her mother, Rachel Claire Petruzzelli Lanzillotto was a hairdresser and manicurist. Her father suffered from PTSD. After her parents' vicious divorce when she was twelve, Lanzillotto's mother raised her alone on welfare.
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