| Birth: | Sep. 4, 1908 | | Death: | Nov. 28, 1960 | 
Author. His powerful, eloquent work examined the injustices African-Americans face in a white society. He won immediate fame for his first novel, "Native Son" (1940). It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a young chauffeur whose inarticulate rage over his lot ultimately erupts into violence. "Native Son" was adapted into a play directed by Orson Welles in 1941, filmed in 1951 with Wright himself playing Bigger, and again in 1986. Wright's other books include "Black Boy" (1945), an autobiography; the novels "The Outsider" (1953) and "The Long Dream" (1958); the story collections "Uncle Tom's Children" (1938) and "Eight Men" (1961); and the philosophical volumes "Black Power" (1954) and "White Man, Listen!" (1957). Richard Nathaniel Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi. Largely self-educated, he began to write after moving to Chicago around 1927. He was a member of the Communist Party from 1932 to 1944; he later wrote of his disillusionment with that system in "The God That Failed" (1949), a collection of essays by former party members. Wright lived in Paris from 1946 until his death. A second book of memoirs, "American Hunger," was published posthumously in 1977. (bio by: Bobb Edwards)
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Nathaniel Wright
Ella Wilson Wright
Search Amazon for Richard Wright | | | Burial:
Cimetière du Père Lachaise
Paris
Paris
Ile-de-France, France
Plot: Division 87 (columbarium), urn 848 |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Record added: Nov 11, 1998
Find A Grave Memorial# 3961 |
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Mr Wright you passed before I was even born but your words have found their way to me and for that I am greatful. Thank you for sharing your story.
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Leslie Alderman
Added: Jun. 10, 2013 |
"Black Boy," "Uncle Tom's Children," and "Native Son are brilliant works. They enabled me to understand Caucasian prejudice against African-Americans in a new and powerful way. For these works, and also for the courageous way in which you lived your lif...(Read more)
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Dr Mary Ann Wimsatt
Added: Dec. 17, 2012 |
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Dr Mary Ann Wimsatt
Added: Dec. 4, 2012 |
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