James Baldwin

Notes of a Native Son

'Penguin Modern Classics'. Sprache: Englisch.
kartoniert , 179 Seiten
ISBN 0241334004
EAN 9780241334003
Veröffentlicht November 2017
Verlag/Hersteller Penguin Books Ltd (UK)
Leseprobe öffnen

Auch erhältlich als:

epub eBook
8,49
Taschenbuch
16,00
13,00 inkl. MwSt.
Sofort lieferbar (Versand mit Deutscher Post/DHL)
Teilen
Beschreibung

Born in Harlem in 1924, James Baldwin was a novelist, essayist, play-wright, poet, social critic, and the author of more than twenty books. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, appeared in 1953 to excellent reviews, and his essay col-lection The Fire Next Time was a bestseller that made him an influential figure in the civil rights movement. Baldwin spent many years in France, where he moved to escape the racism and homophobia of the United States. He died in 1987.

Portrait

James Baldwin was born in 1924 in New York. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain (1953), which evokes his experiences as a boy preacher in Harlem, was an immediate success. Baldwin's second novel, Giovanni's Room (1956) has become a landmark of gay literature and Another Country (1962) caused a literary sensation. His searing essay collections Notes of a Native Son (1955) and Nobody Knows My Name (1961) contain many of the works that made him an influential figure in the Civil Rights Movement. Baldwin published several other collections of non-fiction, including The Fire Next Time (1963) and No Name in the Street (1972). His short stories are collected in Going to Meet the Man (1965). His later works include the novels Tell Me How Long the Train's Been Gone (1968), If Beale Street Could Talk (1974) and Just Above My Head (1979).
James Baldwin won a number of literary fellowships: a Eugene F. Saxon Memorial Trust Award, a Rosenwald Fellowship, a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Partisan Review Fellowship and a Ford Foundation grant. He was made a Commander of the Legion of Honour in 1986. He died in 1987 in France

Hersteller
Libri GmbH
Europaallee 1

DE - 36244 Bad Hersfeld

E-Mail: gpsr@libri.de