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Richard Wright

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Born 1908
Died 1960

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  • Cover of: Native Son
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    Cover of edition richardwrightsna0000unse_i5j1 Cover of edition nativesonandhowb00wrig Cover of edition bwb_P9-CAL-061 Cover of edition bwb_O8-CEM-319 Cover of edition nativeson0000rich_x2d5 Cover of edition nativesonmodernl0000rich Cover of edition nativeson0000rich_w1j8 Cover of edition nativeson00wrig Cover of edition nativeso00wrig First published in 1940 — 75 editions
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  • Cover of: Black Boy
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    Cover of edition blackboyjeunesse0000wrig Cover of edition blackboy0000unse Cover of edition blackboyamerican0000wrig_v6f7 Cover of edition isbn_B0009K768K Cover of edition blackboyamerican0000wrig_q0h0 Cover of edition blackboy0000unse_l3s4 Cover of edition blackboyamerican0000wrig Cover of edition blackboyrecordof00wrigrich Cover of edition blackboyrecordof0000wrig_f1k1 First published in 1945 — 64 editions
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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's children: five long stories
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    Cover of edition uncletomschildre0000wrig_o8o3 Cover of edition uncletomschildre0000wrig_v4i7 Cover of edition uncletomschildre00wrig_0 Cover of edition uncletomschildre00wrig First published in 1938 — 30 editions
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  • Cover of: The outsider
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    Cover of edition outsider00wrig Cover of edition outsiderperennia00wrig First published in 1953 — 20 editions
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  • Cover of: Fifty best American short stories: 1915-1965
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    Cover of edition fiftybestamerica00fole Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000unse Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000mart Cover of edition fiftybestamerica0000unse_v4b3 First published in 1965 — 15 editions
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  • Cover of: Black Boy

    First published in 1969 — 12 editions
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  • Cover of: 12 million black voices: a folk history of the Negro in the United States.
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    First published in 1941 — 11 editions
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  • Cover of: Eight men.
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    Cover of edition eightmen0000unse Cover of edition isbn_9780060976811 Cover of edition huithommes0000rich First published in 1961 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: American Hunger
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  • Cover of: Fiction: A HarperCollins pocket anthology
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780823049660 First published in 1993 — 10 editions
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  • Cover of: White man, listen!
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    Cover of edition whitemanlisten0000wrig First published in 1957 — 9 editions
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  • Cover of: Uncle Tom's Children

    First published in 2005 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Black power: a record of reactions in a land of pathos.
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    Cover of edition blackpowerrecord0000wrig_b9h4 Cover of edition blackpowerrecord0000wrig First published in 1954 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Outsider

    First published in 1969 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: The poetry of the Negro, 1746-1949
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    Cover of edition poetryofnegro1740000hugh Cover of edition poetryofnegro1740000unse First published in 1949 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Lawd today.
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    Cover of edition lawdtoday0000wrig_l5c0 First published in 1963 — 8 editions
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  • Cover of: Richard Wright reader
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    Cover of edition isbn_9780306807749 First published in 1978 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Prentice Hall: Literature: Gold
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    Cover of edition prenticehalllite09koel Cover of edition prenticehalllit200babu First published in 1994 — 7 editions
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  • Cover of: Native Son

    First published in 2009 — 6 editions
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  • Cover of: Savage holiday: a novel
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    First published in 1965 — 6 editions
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Photo of Richard Wright

Born 1908
Died 1960

Subjects

Fiction, African Americans, Children's fiction, Criticism and interpretation, short story, Juvenile fiction, American literature, Crime, History, Horror stories, Satanism, Young men, American Horror tales, Detective and mystery stories, Juvenile audience, Psychology, Puritans, catechism, Boys, Classic Literature, Devil, Drama, death, Copyists, Mentally ill women

Places

United States, Massachusetts, Mississippi, New England, Salem Village, New York, Jefferson, Wall Street, Yoknapatawpha County, Alabama, Ireland, Owl Creek Bridge, Araby, Araby bazaar, Galway, North Richmond Street, Justice of the Peace Court, Mallard residence, London, Amazon rainforest, Caribbean, England, Ship-Trap Island, Tibet, Baker Street

People

Devil, Faith Brown, Goodman Brown, Goody Cloyse, Bartleby, Cicero, Colonel Sartoris, Emily Grierson, Ginger Nut, Homer Barron, John Jacob Astor, Mr. Grierson, Nippers, Richard Wright (1908-1960), Tobe, Turkey, Peyton Farquhar, Bartell D'Arcy, Fortunato, Freddy Malins, Gabriel Conroy, Gretta Conroy, Julia Morkan, Kate Morkan, Lady Fortunato

Time

19th century, 20th century, 1600s, Antebellum era, 1861-65, Carnival, 1890, 1861-1865, 1930s, American Civil War, 1692, 1888, 1933-1945, Civil War, Civil War, 1861-1865, Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775, To 1964, carnival

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  • OLID: OL33621A

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April 2, 2021 Edited by Lisa Edited without comment.
April 2, 2021 Edited by Lisa undo merge authors
April 1, 2021 Edited by Lisa merge authors
September 30, 2020 Edited by MARC Bot add ids
April 1, 2008 Created by an anonymous user initial import