Richard Wright
1908 - 1960
General Information
Bio
(1908-1960) Writer, novelist. Richard Wright lived at 175 Carlton Avenue in Brooklyn, New York, in the 1930s and early 1940s. He also lived at 467 Waverly Place, 82 Washington Place, and 13 Charles Street, all in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York. In 2009 the United States Postal Service issued its twenty-fifth stamp in the Literary Arts series in honor of Richard Wright.
Full Name
Richard Wright
Locations
Kings
Author's Timeline
Unknown
RESIDENCE
Richard Wright lived at 467 Waverly Place, 82 Washington Place, and 13 Charles Street, all in Greenwich Village, Manhattan, New York.
1908
BIRTH
Richard Wright was born in Adams County, Mississippi, in 1908.
1930
RESIDENCE
Richard Wright lived at 175 Carlton Avenue in the 1930s and early 1940s.
1938
LITWORK
Uncle Tom's Children: Four Novellas
Harper & Brothers.
Collection of stories.
Harper & Brothers.
Collection of stories.
1940
LITWORK
Native Son
Harper & Brothers.
Novel. Wright lived in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York when he wrote "Native Son."
Harper & Brothers.
Novel. Wright lived in the Fort Greene neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York when he wrote "Native Son."
1941
LITWORK
Twelve Million Black Voices: A Folk History of the Negro in the United States
Viking.
Nonfiction.
Viking.
Nonfiction.
1945
LITWORK
Black Boy: A Record of Childhood and Youth
Harper & Brothers.
Novel.
Harper & Brothers.
Novel.
1953
LITWORK
The Outsider
Novel.
Novel.
1954
LITWORK
Black Power
Harper & Brothers.
Nonfiction.
Harper & Brothers.
Nonfiction.
1956
LITWORK
The Color Curtain
World.
Nonfiction.
World.
Nonfiction.
1957
LITWORK
Pagan Spain
Harper & Brothers.
Nonfiction.
Harper & Brothers.
Nonfiction.
1960
DEATH
Richard Wright died in Paris, France, in 1960.
1960
INTERMENT
Richard Wright is buried in the Cimeti��re du P��re Lachaise, Paris, France.
1960
LITWORK
Eight Men
Collection of stories.
Collection of stories.
1963
LITWORK
Lawd Today
Walker.
Novel.
Walker.
Novel.
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