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Eve Ensler (born May 25, 1953) is an American playwright, performer, feminist, and activist, best known for her play ''The Vagina Monologues''.〔(The ''New York Times'' )〕〔(The ''New York Times'' )〕〔("Politics, Power and Passion" ), the ''New York Times'', December 2, 2011. Please see the fifth segment by Eve Ensler.〕 Charles Isherwood of the ''New York Times'' has called ''The Vagina Monologues'' "probably the most important piece of political theater of the last decade."〔("The Culture Project and Plays that Make a Difference," ) the ''New York Times'', September 3, 2006.〕 In 2011, Ensler was awarded the Isabelle Stevenson Award at the 65th Tony Awards, which recognizes an individual from the theater community who has made a substantial contribution of volunteered time and effort on behalf of humanitarian, social service, or charitable organizations. == Personal life == Ensler was born in New York City, the second of three children of Arthur Ensler, an executive in the food industry, and Chris Ensler.〔()〕 She was raised in the northern suburb of Scarsdale.〔 Her father was Jewish and her mother Christian,〔(Jewish Journal )〕 and she grew up in a predominantly Jewish community;〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Eve Ensler – The Body After Cancer )〕 however, Ensler identifies as a Nichiren Buddhist and states that her spiritual practice includes chanting Nam Myoho Renge Kyo and doing yoga. From the ages of five to ten, Ensler was sexually and physically abused by her father. Growing up, she has stated she was "very sad, very angry, very defiant. I was the girl with the dirty hair. I didn't fit anywhere."〔 Ensler attended Middlebury College in Vermont, where she became known as a militant feminist.〔 After graduating in 1975, she had a string of abusive relationships and became dependent on drugs and alcohol.〔 In 1978, she married Richard Dylan McDermott, a 34-year-old bartender, who convinced her to enter rehab.〔 When she was 23, she adopted Mark Anthony McDermott, her husband's 19-year-old son from his first marriage.〔McDermott, Shiva Rose. "V-Day Activist Spotlights: Shiva Rose McDermott" (Vday.org ) Retrieved 2009-10-26〕 Their relationship came to be a close one, and Ensler has stated that it taught her "how to be a loving human being."〔 After Ensler suffered a miscarriage, Mark took the name she had planned for her baby, Dylan.〔 Ensler and Dylan's father were separated in 1988, the former citing that she "needed the independence, the freedom. According to an article in the Sydney Morning Herald, "After her marriage ended, she had a long relationship with the artist and psychotherapist Ariel Orr Jordan but is single now, which seems to suit her nomadic lifestyle - she has homes in New York and Paris but travels much of the year."〔 http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment/stage/interview--eve-ensler-20120112-1pvvm.html〕 A June 2010 article by Ensler in the ''Guardian'' revealed that she was currently receiving treatment for uterine cancer.〔(Guardian.co.uk )〕 Eve writes about her experience with cancer in her memoir ''In The Body of The World''.〔http://www.onbeing.org/program/eve-ensler-the-body-after-cancer/6050〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eve Ensler」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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