James Baldwin

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civil rights activist essayist human novelist playwright writer

James Baldwin was a prominent 20th-century American writer and essayist whose works powerfully explored race, sexuality, and identity in the United States.

Aliases (3)

Statements (61)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	civil rights activist → essayist → human → novelist → playwright → writer →
awardReceived	Anisfield-Wolf Book Award → George Polk Award for Magazine Reporting →
causeOfDeath	stomach cancer →
countryOfCitizenship	United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1924-08-02 →
dateOfDeath	1987-12-01 →
educatedAt	DeWitt Clinton High School →
ethnicGroup	African American →
familyName	Baldwin →
fieldOfWork	American society and politics → race relations in the United States → sexuality and identity →
fullName	James Arthur Baldwin →
genre	drama → essay → fiction → social criticism →
givenName	James →
influenced	Barry Jenkins → Jesmyn Ward → Marlon James → Ta-Nehisi Coates → Toni Morrison →
influencedBy	Fyodor Dostoevsky → Henry James → Richard Wright →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
movement	Civil rights movement → Harlem Renaissance influence →
notableWork	Another Country → Blues for Mister Charlie → Giovanni's Room → Go Tell It on the Mountain → Going to Meet the Man → If Beale Street Could Talk → No Name in the Street → Nobody Knows My Name → Notes of a Native Son → Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone → The Amen Corner → The Devil Finds Work → The Fire Next Time →
occupation	essayist → novelist → playwright → social critic →
placeOfBirth	Harlem, New York City, New York, United States →
placeOfDeath	Saint-Paul-de-Vence, Alpes-Maritimes, France →
positionHeld	youth minister at Fireside Pentecostal Church, Harlem →
religion	Christianity (former Pentecostal preacher) →
residence	Harlem, New York City, New York, United States → Paris, France → Saint-Paul-de-Vence, France →
sexualOrientation	gay →
subjectOf	I Am Not Your Negro →

Referenced by (40)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Another Country → Blues for Mister Charlie → Giovanni's Room → Go Tell It on the Mountain → Going to Meet the Man → If Beale Street Could Talk → No Name in the Street → Nobody Knows My Name → Notes of a Native Son → Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone → The Amen Corner → The Devil Finds Work → The Fire Next Time →	author
Jesmyn Ward → Nikki Giovanni → Ta-Nehisi Coates →	influencedBy
African American literature → American literature →	hasNotableAuthor
Blues for Mister Charlie → The Amen Corner →	writer
I Am Not Your Negro →	basedOnAuthor
Barry Jenkins →	basedOnWorkOf
Blues for Mister Charlie →	creator
I Am Not Your Negro →	featuresPerson
James Baldwin ("James Arthur Baldwin") →	fullName
Going to Meet the Man →	hasAuthor
Baldwin →	hasNotableBearer
Guggenheim Fellowship →	hasNotableRecipient
William Dean Howells Medal →	hasRecipient
Richard Wright →	influenced
No Name in the Street ("James Baldwin’s life") →	mainSubject
DeWitt Clinton High School →	notableAlumni
The Amen Corner →	notableAuthorWorkOf
Ferncliff Cemetery →	notableBurial
National Book Award for Nonfiction →	notableWinner
The Devil Finds Work →	notableWorkOf
The Amen Corner ("James Baldwin bibliography") →	partOf
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone ("James Baldwin bibliography") →	partOfAuthorOeuvre
I Am Not Your Negro →	portrays
Going to Meet the Man →	writtenBy