David Henry Hwang is an American playwright and screenwriter, known best for his play M. Butterfly. He was born in Los Angeles, and received his bachelor's degree in English at Stanford University before studying at the Yale School of Drama.
His first play, FOB, was part of a trilogy of plays that examined Chinese-American and Asian-American identities in America. His work attracted the interest of Joseph Papp from the Public Theater, who produced many of Hwang's early plays, including The Dance and the Railroad and Family Devotions.
In 1988, Hwang's play M. Butterfly, a deconstruction of the Puccini opera Madama Butterfly, was produced on Broadway, winning the Tony Award for Best Play....
