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Richard Wright won international renown for his powerful and visceral depiction of the black experience. He stands today alongside such African-American luminaries as Zora Neale Hurston, James Baldwin, and Toni Morrison, and two of his books, Native Son and Black Boy, are required reading in high schools and colleges across the nation. He died in 1960.
Brief Biography
- Date of Birth:
- September 4, 1908
- Date of Death:
- November 28, 1960
- Place of Birth:
- Near Natchez, Mississippi
- Place of Death:
- Paris, France
- Education:
- Smith-Robertson Junior High in Jackson, Mississippi (1925)
