Gloria Naylor (1950–2016)
Autore di The Women of Brewster Place
Sull'Autore
Gloria Naylor was born in Manhattan, New York on January 25, 1950. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Brooklyn College and a master's degree in African American studies from Yale University. She taught at several universities including George Washington University, the University of mostra altro Pennsylvania, New York University, Princeton University, and Boston University. Her first novel, The Women of Brewster Place, won the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel in 1983. It was adapted into a two-part television movie in 1989. Her other novels include Linden Hills, Mama Day, Bailey's Café, and The Men of Brewster Place. She died of heart failure on September 28, 2016 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra meno
Fonte dell'immagine: David Shankbone, August 2007
Opere di Gloria Naylor
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — A cura di; Collaboratore — 115 copie
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967; Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers,… (2002) — A cura di — 40 copie
Opere correlate
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Collaboratore — 275 copie
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Collaboratore — 159 copie
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Collaboratore — 100 copie
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African-American Writers (1996) — Collaboratore — 88 copie
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Collaboratore — 78 copie
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Collaboratore — 23 copie
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love (1998) — Collaboratore — 9 copie
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Informazioni generali
- Data di nascita
- 1950-01-25
- Data di morte
- 2016-09-28
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
- Luogo di nascita
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Luogo di morte
- Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, USA
- Causa della morte
- heart attack
- Luogo di residenza
- Harlem, New York, USA
Queens, New York, USA - Istruzione
- Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn College (BA|1981)
Yale University (MA|1983) - Attività lavorative
- novelist
- Organizzazioni
- George Washington University
New York University
Boston University
University of Kent
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University (mostra tutto 7)
Tulane University - Premi e riconoscimenti
- NEA Fellowship (1985)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1988)
American Book Award (1983)
National Book Award (1983)
Candace Award (1986)
Lillian Smith Award (1989) - Agente
- Sterling Lord Literistic
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Statistiche
- Opere
- 13
- Opere correlate
- 17
- Utenti
- 4,856
- Popolarità
- #5,172
- Voto
- 4.0
- Recensioni
- 66
- ISBN
- 108
- Lingue
- 10
- Preferito da
- 16