Richard Wright : from Black boy to world citizen /
Wallach, Jennifer Jensen,1974-
Chicago, Ill. : Ivan R. Dee,
c2010.
Born into poverty, Richard Wright managed to complete only an eighth-grade education. Yet by at the age of 33, he was the best-selling author of what would become an American classic, Native Son. Before dying prematurely at the age of fifty-two, he published nearly a dozen books and left behind hundreds of unpublished manuscript pages. This biography traces Wright's life, while he attempted to answer the question, "How can I live freely?"
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Black boy -- Refugee -- Breakthrough -- Marriage -- Fame -- Expatriate -- Sojourner.
Born into poverty, Richard Wright managed to complete only an eighth-grade education. Yet by at the age of 33, he was the best-selling author of what would become an American classic, Native Son. Before dying prematurely at the age of fifty-two, he published nearly a dozen books and left behind hundreds of unpublished manuscript pages. This biography traces Wright's life, while he attempted to answer the question, "How can I live freely?"
Wright, Richard, 1908-1960.
Authors, American
African American authors