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Born
She was born in New York City and she is currently 70 years old. -
Dylan(her son)
Eve Ensler adopted Dylan when he was 15 and she was 23. She divorced his father but they remained close. She encouraged him to pursue an acting career and began writing roles for him into her plays. -
Partner
She married Richard McDermott from 1978-1988 when she was 26 years old and adopted his son Mark. -
Conviction
The play was written in 1981, and performed at the 1999 Berkshire Theater Festival in Stockbridge. The story involves two sisters, one of them that has been in prison. -
The Vagina Monologues
The play explores consensual and nonconsensual sexual experiences, body image and several other topics through the eyes of women. -
Activism
She created a global activist movement to stop violence against women known as V-Day. -
Guggenheim Fellowship Award
She won the Guggenheim Fellowship Award in playwriting. -
Necessary Targets
When Ensler wrote this book she wanted to tell the story of the women she had met when volunteering in the Bosnian war. She wanted to write about the aftermath of the war. -
Elliot Norton Award
She won the Elliot Norton Award for an outstanding solo performance. -
Honorary Doctor of Letters degree
She received an Honorary Doctor of Letters degree from Middlebury College. -
“The good body”
Eve Ensler published this book in 2004 and it is about her journey to understand her love-hate relationship with her own body and woman all over the world -
Insecure at Last: Losing It in Our Security-Obsessed World
This book is about not running from loss, but feeling it, surrendering to sorrow, entering grief. -
The Treatment
This book is about a two-character drama delves into the layers of power, fear and intimacy that exist between a traumatized soldier and the female psychologist who is assigned to give him routine treatment. -
Activism
More than 5,400 V-Day events took place in over 1,500 locations in the U.S. and around the world. -
Isabelle Stevenson Award
Eve Ensler was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 65th Tony Awards, which recognizes an individual from the theater community. -
Tony Award
Eve Ensler is the Tony Award winning playwright, activist, performer and author of the theatrical obie. -
Emotional Creature
She wrote her book "Emotional Creature". This book is about empowering woman and inspiring them to make their voice be heard. -
Activism
The V-Day movement had raised over 100- million dollars and educated millions about the issue of violence against women and the efforts to end it. -
Reckoning
This book shows you the journey of a writer’s and activist’s life and process over forty years, representing the core of ideas that have become global movements.