African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) · writer
| Description | African American novelist, essayist, and academic (1931–2019) Source: Wikidata |
|---|---|
| Born | 1931-02-18 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Birthplace | Lorain Lorain Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Died | 2019-08-05 Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Place of death | New York The Bronx Source: MusicBrainz, Wikidata |
| Area | United States Source: MusicBrainz |
| Country | US Source: MusicBrainz |
| Citizenship | United States Source: Wikidata |
| Occupation | university teacher poet librettist writer editing staff children's writer audiobook narrator novelist young adult author essayist Source: Wikidata |
| Genres | African American literature Source: Wikidata |
| Member of | Alpha Kappa Alpha American Academy of Arts and Letters American Academy of Arts and Sciences Source: Wikidata |
| Awards | Coretta Scott King Award Honorary doctor of the University of Oxford NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work, Fiction Ohio Women's Hall of Fame Norman Mailer Prize American Book Awards The Nichols-Chancellor's Medal PEN Oakland/Josephine Miles Literary Award Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards Pulitzer Prize for Fiction doctor honoris causa from the Paris-Sorbonne University honorary degree from Spelman College National Humanities Medal honorary doctorate from ENS Nobel Prize in Literature Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize New Jersey Hall of Fame Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres Honorary doctorate from the University of Geneva honorary doctorate from the University of Paris-VII Jefferson Lecture Carl Sandburg Literary Award Presidential Medal of Freedom National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction Langston Hughes Medal Ivan Sandrof Lifetime Achievement Award Knight of the Legion of Honour Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction Common Wealth Award of Distinguished Service Library of Congress Living Legend Helmerich Award Source: Wikidata |
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