Walter Mosley
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Walter Mosley is an acclaimed American novelist best known for his crime fiction, particularly the Easy Rawlins series, and for his significant contributions to contemporary African American literature.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
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| Walter Mosley canonical | 3 |
Statements (74)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
African-American writer
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essayist ⓘ human ⓘ novelist ⓘ screenwriter ⓘ short story writer ⓘ |
| awardReceived |
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award
NERFINISHED
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NAACP Image Award NERFINISHED ⓘ O. Henry Award NERFINISHED ⓘ PEN America Lifetime Achievement Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1952-01-12 ⓘ |
| education | City College of New York NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| employer | Writers Guild of America (former board member) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African Americans
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| familyName | Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| fieldOfWork |
crime fiction
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literature ⓘ screenwriting ⓘ |
| genre |
African-American literature
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crime fiction ⓘ detective fiction ⓘ literary fiction ⓘ science fiction ⓘ |
| givenName | Walter ⓘ |
| hasAdaptation | Devil in a Blue Dress (1995 film) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Chester Himes
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Dashiell Hammett NERFINISHED ⓘ Raymond Chandler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| languageOfWorkOrName | English ⓘ |
| movement | contemporary African-American literature ⓘ |
| name | Walter Mosley NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableAchievement | first African-American man to receive the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters ⓘ |
| notableSeries |
Easy Rawlins series
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Fearless Jones series NERFINISHED ⓘ Leonid McGill series NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableWork |
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A Little Yellow Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ A Red Death NERFINISHED ⓘ All I Did Was Shoot My Man NERFINISHED ⓘ Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned NERFINISHED ⓘ And Sometimes I Wonder About You NERFINISHED ⓘ Bad Boy Brawly Brown NERFINISHED ⓘ Black Betty NERFINISHED ⓘ Blonde Faith NERFINISHED ⓘ Blood Grove NERFINISHED ⓘ Blue Light NERFINISHED ⓘ Charcoal Joe NERFINISHED ⓘ Cinnamon Kiss NERFINISHED ⓘ Devil in a Blue Dress NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear Itself NERFINISHED ⓘ Fear of the Dark NERFINISHED ⓘ Fearless Jones NERFINISHED ⓘ Fortunate Son NERFINISHED ⓘ Futureland NERFINISHED ⓘ Gone Fishin' NERFINISHED ⓘ Known to Evil NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Green NERFINISHED ⓘ Little Scarlet NERFINISHED ⓘ RL's Dream NERFINISHED ⓘ Rose Gold NERFINISHED ⓘ Six Easy Pieces NERFINISHED ⓘ The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey NERFINISHED ⓘ The Long Fall NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in My Basement NERFINISHED ⓘ The Tempest Tales NERFINISHED ⓘ Walkin' the Dog NERFINISHED ⓘ When the Thrill Is Gone NERFINISHED ⓘ White Butterfly NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| occupation |
novelist
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screenwriter ⓘ writer ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Los Angeles, California, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence |
New York City
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surface form:
New York City, New York, United States
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