Richard Wright
American novelist and poet (1908–1960)
Biography
Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908–1960) was an American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerns racial themes, especially related to the plight of African Americans during the late 19th to mid 20th centuries suffering discrimination and violence. His best known works include the novella collection Uncle Tom's Children (1938), the novel Native Son (1940), and the memoir Black Boy (1945). Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.
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Richard Wright is recorded as a short story writer, a autobiographer, a novelist, a playwright, a poet and a writer, born in Mississippi (1908–1960).
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