Richard Wright | Biography, Books, & Facts | Britannica

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Richard Wright, (born September 4, 1908, near Natchez, Mississippi, U.S.—died November 28, 1960, Paris, France), novelist and …

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Richard Wright is recognized as one of the preeminent novelists and essayists of the 20th century. He is most famous for writings depicting the harsh realities of life for Black …

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Richard Wright is a giant name in American literature. His novel Native Son (1940) became a bestseller nearly as soon as it was published by Harper & Brothers, just …

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In 1939, he was awarded the Guggenheim Fellowship, for which he earned a prize of $500. In 1949, he received the Spingarn Medal by ‘National Association for the Advancement of Colored People’ (NAACP), an …

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The works of Richard Wright, a politically sophisticated and socially involved African American author, are notable for their passionate sincerity. He was perceptive about the universal problems that had the ability to …

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Richard Nathaniel Wright was a famous author and poet of the 20th century. He was born on September 4, 1908 in Mississippi and raised by his mother, as his father had left the family when Wright was 6 years old. …

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Richard Wright was a popular American author and the first ‘Negro’ writer to become popular in the racist times in America. The word ‘Negro’ might sound intimidating, but Wright was one who liked his roots, and …

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1906-1960 American writer and poet Richard Wright was the son of a sharecropper and went to school only through the ninth grade but published his first short story at the young age of 16. He found employment with the …

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In 1944, Baldwin met Richard Wright, who was the famous African American male writer at the time, and whose work spoke to his sensibility. In time, Wright would also become his …