David Henry Hwang
David Henry Hwang Chinese 黃哲倫 Transcriptions Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Huáng Zhélún Wade–Giles Huang Chelun IPA [xwɑ ŋ tʂɤ lu n] Gwoyeu Romatzyh Hwang Jerluen Cantonese Jyutping Wong4 Zit3leon4 David Henry Hwang (simplified Chinese: 黄哲伦; traditional Chinese: 黃哲倫; pinyin: Huáng Zhélún; born August 11, 1957, in Los Angeles) is an American playwright, librettist, and screenwriter, as well as a theater professor. Hilton Als of the New Yorker has described him as "the most successful Chinese-American playwright this country has produced."