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Leah Franqui

Leah Franqui

How to pronounce Leah Franqui: LEE-ah FRAN-key

Leah Franqui Biography

Leah Franqui is a graduate of Yale University. She is a playwright and the recipient of the 2013 Goldberg Playwriting Award. Leah, a Puerto Rican-Jewish Philadelphia native, lives with her Kolkata-born husband in Mumbai.



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