Richard Wright
Born
in Rucker's Plantation, Roxie, Mississippi, The United States
September 04, 1908
Died
November 28, 1960
Genre
Influences
Fyodor Dostoevsky, H.L. Mencken, Theodore Dreiser, C.S. Lewis, Gertrud
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Native Son
245 editions
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published
1940
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Black Boy
by
230 editions
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published
1945
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Uncle Tom's Children
by
68 editions
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published
1938
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The Man Who Lived Underground
2 editions
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published
1942
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The Outsider
46 editions
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published
1953
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Eight Men
by
21 editions
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published
1961
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Haiku: This Other World
by
15 editions
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published
1998
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Rite of Passage
by
12 editions
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published
1993
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12 Million Black Voices
23 editions
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published
1969
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The Man Who Was Almost a Man
2 editions
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1979
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