James Baldwin
1924 - 1987
General Information
Bio
(1924-1987) Author, writer. James Baldwin was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, and spent an impoverished boyhood there. At 14 he became a preacher in the Fireside Pentecostal Church. He attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York. In 2004 the United States Postal Service issued its twentieth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of James Baldwin.
Full Name
James Baldwin
Locations
Bronx
Author's Timeline
1924
BIRTH
James Baldwin was born in Harlem, Manhattan, New York, in 1924.
1942
RESIDENCE
James Baldwin attended DeWitt Clinton High School in the Bronx, New York, and graduated in 1942.
1953
LITWORK
Go Tell It On The Mountain
Novel.
Novel.
1955
LITWORK
Notes of a Native Son
Some of Baldwin's essays were included in this collection.
Some of Baldwin's essays were included in this collection.
1955
LITWORK
The Amen Corner
Play.
Play.
1956
LITWORK
Giovanni's Room
Novel.
Novel.
1962
LITWORK
Another County
1962
LITWORK
Nobody Knows My Name
Essay collection.
Essay collection.
1963
LITWORK
The Fire Next Time
1968
LITWORK
Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone
Novel.
Novel.
1974
LITWORK
If Beale Street Could Talk
Novel.
Novel.
1979
LITWORK
Just Above My Head
Novel.
Novel.
1987
1987
OTHER
Death
1987
DEATH
Baldwin died of stomach cancer in Saint-Paul de Vence, France, in 1987.
1987
INTERMENT
James Baldwin was interred at Ferncliff Cemetery and Mausoleum, Hartsdale, New York.
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