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|  | | Richard Wright
A trailblazing African-American novelist, playwright, and memoirist, Richard A. Wright brought the experiences of the twentieth-century ghetto into the realm of high art with his blockbuster 1940 novel Native Son. He went on to mix autobiography and fiction, and to become one of the most celebrated writers -- black or white -- of his era.
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Fact File
| Name:
Richard Wright
Also Known As:
Richard Nathaniel Wright (full name)
Date of Birth:
September 4, 1908
Place of Birth:
Near Natchez, Mississippi
Date of Death:
November 28, 1960
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Paris, France
Education:
Smith-Robertson Junior High in Jackson, Mississippi (1925)
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Wright's Contemporaries
| While living in Greenwich Village in the 1930s, Wright's friends included Ralph Ellison (who served as best man at his wedding), Langston Hughes, Countee Cullen, Nelson Algren, John Hammond, Carson McCullers, and John Steinbeck. Wright, along with his contemporaries, would change the face of American fiction.
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