Richard Wright (author)
Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author best known for his novels that talk about the discrimination and violence experienced by many African Americans of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.[1]
Richard Wright | |
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 Wright in a 1939 photograph by Carl Van Vechten | |
| Born | Richard Nathaniel Wright September 4, 1908 Plantation, Roxie, Mississippi, U.S. |
| Died | November 28, 1960 (aged 52) Paris, France |
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| Period | 1938–60 |
| Genre | Drama, fiction, non-fiction, autobiography |
| Notable works | Uncle Tom's Children, Native Son, Black Boy, The Outsider |
| Spouses | Dhimah Rose Meidman
(m. 1939; div. 1940)Ellen Poplar
(m. 1941) |
| Children | 2 |
Richard Wright (author) Media
A historic marker in Natchez, Mississippi, commemorating Wright, who was born near the city
Canada Lee as Bigger Thomas in the Orson Welles production of Native Son (1941)
Plaque commemorating Wright's residence in Paris, at 14, rue Monsieur le Prince.
Wright's grave in Père Lachaise Cemetery, Paris
Banned Books Week reading of Black Boy at Shimer College in 2013
Related pages
References
- ↑ Alan Wald, "On Richard Wright's Centennial: The Great Outsider" Archived 2012-11-06 at the Wayback Machine, Solidarity.
Other websites
- The story of his life is retold in the radio drama "Black Boy", a presentation from Destination Freedom
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