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Richard Wright, photographed by Carl Van Vechten, 1939Richard Nathaniel Wright ( September 4, 1908 - November 28, 1960) was an African-American author of novels and short stories.
Wright was born in Roxie, Mississippi, a tiny town located about 22 miles east of Natchez, in Franklin County, though his family moved soon to Memphis, where his father , a former sharecropper, abandoned them. Wright, his brother, and mother soon moved to Jackson, Mississippi, to live with relatives. In Jackson Wright grew up and attended high school and formed some of his most lasting early impressions of American racism before eventually moving about 1927Centuries: 19th century 20th century 21st century Decades: 1870s 1880s 1890s 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s Years: 1922 1923 1924 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 See also 1927 in aviation 1927 in film 1927 in literature 1927 in mu back to Memphis, where he became acquainted with the works of such literary figures as H. L. MenckenHenry Louis) Mencken ( September 12, 1880 January 29, 1956) was a twentieth century journalist and social critic, a cynic and a freethinker, known as the "Sage of Baltimore. He is often regarded as one of the most influential American writers of the first. Eventually, he moved to ChicagoThis article is about the city, for other uses of the term see Chicago (disambiguation : Hog butcher for the world,Tool maker, stacker of wheat,Player with railroads and the nation's freight handler;Stormy, husky, brawling,City of the big shoulders. Carl, where he began to write, and then New York CitySkyline, with Statue of Liberty New York, New York" redirects here. For alternate meanings, see New York, New York (disambiguation). New York — officially named City of New York and often called New York City to distinguish it from the state of New York,. In MayThis article is about the month of May. For other uses, see May (disambiguation). May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar, with 31 days. It may have been named for the Roman goddess Maia or more likely for the Roman goddess of fertili 1946Events January January 4 Theodore Schurch becomes the last person to be executed for offences committed under the Treachery Act of 1940 January 7 Allied recognize Austrian republic with 1937 borders the country is divided into four occupation zones Januar he travelled to FranceThe French Republic or France ( French: Republique francaise or France is a country whose metropolitan territory is located in western Europe, and which is further made up of a collection of overseas islands and territories located in other continents. as a guest of the French government, where he was well-received by French intellectuals. It was then that he settled in Paris to become a permanent American expatriateAn expatriate (in abbreviated form expat is someone temporarily or permanently in a country and culture other than that of their upbringing and/or legal residence. The word comes for the Latin ex out of and patria country and is sometimes misspelt as ex-p.
The grandson of slaves, Wright became a respected author, best known for his novel Native Son ( 1940), which in 1951 was made into a film in Argentina, in which Wright played the title character, Bigger Thomas. He is also renowned for the autobiographical Black Boy (1945), which describes his early life from Roxie through his move to Chicago and involvement with the Communist Party, which he left in 1944. Its sequel, American Hunger , was published posthumously in 1977. Other works include 1953's The Outsider and White Man, Listen! ( 1957), as well as a collection of short stories, Eight Men , published after his death in 1961. His works primarily deal with the poverty, anger, and protest of northern and southern urban Blacks.
Richard Wright died in Paris of a heart attack at the age of 52. He is interred there in Le Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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