Richard Wright (author)

Richard Wright
Wright in a 1939 photograph by Carl Van Vechten
Born	Richard Nathaniel Wright (1908-09-04)September 4, 1908 Plantation, Roxie, Mississippi, U.S.
Died	November 28, 1960(1960-11-28) (aged 52) Paris, France
Occupation	Novelist poet essayist short story writer
Period	1938–60
Genre	Drama, fiction, non-fiction, autobiography
Notable works	Uncle Tom's Children, Native Son, Black Boy, The Outsider
Spouses	Dhimah Rose Meidman ​ ​ (m. 1939; div. 1940)​ Ellen Poplar ​ (m. 1941)​
Children	2

Richard Nathaniel Wright (September 4, 1908 – November 28, 1960) was an American author best known for his novels that talk about the discrimination and violence experienced by many African Americans of the late 19th to mid-20th centuries. Literary critics believe his work helped change race relations in the United States in the mid-20th century.

Related pages

• List of poets from North America

Other websites

• The story of his life is retold in the radio drama "Black Boy", a presentation from Destination Freedom