Richard Wright

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African American writer essayist novelist person short story writer

Richard Wright was a pioneering 20th-century African American author whose powerful novels and essays, such as "Native Son" and "Black Boy," exposed the brutal realities of racism and profoundly shaped later Black writers and intellectuals.

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Richard Nathaniel Wright 1

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instanceOf African American writer ⓘ
essayist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
person ⓘ
short story writer ⓘ
awardReceived Spingarn Medal ⓘ
burialPlace Père Lachaise Cemetery ⓘ
causeOfDeath heart attack ⓘ
child Julia Wright ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1908-09-04 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 1960-11-28 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African American
familyName Wright ⓘ
fullName Richard Wright self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Richard Nathaniel Wright
genre protest literature ⓘ
social realism ⓘ
givenName Richard NERFINISHED ⓘ
influenced African American literature ⓘ
surface form: African-American literature

James Baldwin ⓘ
Ralph Ellison ⓘ
Richard Baldwin ⓘ
Toni Morrison ⓘ
influencedBy Fyodor Dostoevsky ⓘ
Gertrude Stein ⓘ
H. L. Mencken ⓘ
W. E. B. Du Bois ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
memberOf Communist Party USA ⓘ
movement African American literature ⓘ
surface form: African-American literature

Harlem Renaissance ⓘ
existentialism ⓘ
notableIdea critique of systemic racism in the United States ⓘ
notableWork Black Boy ⓘ
Black Power ⓘ
Native Son ⓘ
The Outsider ⓘ
Uncle Tom's Children ⓘ
occupation essayist ⓘ
journalist ⓘ
novelist ⓘ
writer ⓘ
placeOfBirth Roxie, Mississippi, United States ⓘ
placeOfDeath Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
residence Chicago, Illinois, United States ⓘ
New York City, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
surface form: Paris, France
spouse Dhima Rose Meadman ⓘ
Ellen Poplar ⓘ
subjectOf film adaptation of "Native Son" ⓘ
literary criticism and scholarship ⓘ

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Claude McKay → influenced → Richard Wright ⓘ
Theodore Dreiser → influenced → Richard Wright ⓘ
James Baldwin → influencedBy → Richard Wright ⓘ
Ralph Ellison → influencedBy → Richard Wright ⓘ