Friday, September 4, 2015

BIRTH OF A WRITER




RICHARD WRIGHT, novelist, essayist, poet, and short story writer, was born on a cotton plantation September 4, 1908.  Wright"s first major success came in 1940. when his novel Native Son  was published.

It became the first book written by a Black writer to be chosen for the Book-of-the-Month club.



1908-1960









To  read a comprehensive bio and details of his literary career GOOGLE his name

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