Jesmyn Ward

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human novelist professor writer

Jesmyn Ward is an acclaimed American novelist and two-time National Book Award winner known for her powerful portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South.

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instanceOf human ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
writer ⓘ
awardReceived Alex Award ⓘ
Anisfield-Wolf Book Award ⓘ
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction ⓘ
MacArthur Fellowship ⓘ
National Book Award for Fiction ⓘ
John Leonard Prize ⓘ
surface form: National Book Critics Circle Award (John Leonard Prize)

Strauss Living Award ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1977-04-01 ⓘ
educatedAt Stanford University ⓘ
University of Michigan ⓘ
employer Tulane University ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Ward ⓘ
genre Southern Gothic ⓘ
literary fiction ⓘ
givenName Jesmyn ⓘ
hasWrittenForm essays ⓘ
memoir ⓘ
novels ⓘ
short stories ⓘ
influencedBy James Baldwin ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
William Faulkner ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
literarySettingOften Mississippi Gulf Coast ⓘ
movement contemporary literature ⓘ
name Jesmyn Ward self-link ⓘ
notableAward two-time National Book Award for Fiction winner ⓘ
notableFor portrayals of Black life in the rural U.S. South ⓘ
notableWork Let Us Descend ⓘ
Men We Reaped ⓘ
Navigate Your Stars ⓘ
Salvage the Bones ⓘ
Sing, Unburied, Sing ⓘ
Where the Line Bleeds ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
professor ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Berkeley ⓘ
surface form: Berkeley, California
positionHeld professor of English ⓘ
residence Mississippi ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
writingLanguage English ⓘ

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James Baldwin → influenced → Jesmyn Ward ⓘ
Jesmyn Ward → name → Jesmyn Ward self-link ⓘ