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(1928-2011) Author, poet. Piri Thomas was born in Manhattan, New York, and died in El Cerrito, California.

Full Name

Piri Thomas

Locations

New York

Author's Timeline

1928

BIRTH

John Peter Thomas was born in Harlem Hospital in Manhattan, New York, on September 30, 1928.

1967

LITWORK

Down These Mean Streets
Alfred A. Knopf.

Memoir.

1972

LITWORK

Savior, Savior, Hold My Hand
Doubleday.
0385005180 / 978-0385005180
Novel.

1974

LITWORK

Seven Long Times
Henry Holt & Company, Inc.
0275197808 / 978-0275197803
Novel.

1979

LITWORK

Stories From El Barrio
Knopf.
0394935683 / 978-0394935683.
Collection of stories.

2011

DEATH

Piri Thomas died at his home in El Cerrito, California, on October 17, 2011.

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