3 July 2008
Richard Wright: The Life and Times
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In the year that marks the centenary of his birth, Richard Wright's biographer Hazel Rowley talks about the achievements of this African-American author who wrote powerful and at times controversial novels, short stories, poetry and non-fiction and who achieved a number of firsts: the first bestselling black American writer; the first black man to buy a house in Greenwich Village; the first African-American writer to leave for Paris after World War 2; the first black American writer to star in a movie based on his own novel.
Publications
Title: Richard Wright: The Life and Times
Author: Hazel Rowley
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN 9780 2267 3038 7
Title: Black Power: Three Books from Exile
Author: Richard Wright
Publisher: HarperPerennial, Modern Classic
An omnibus edition containing three books: Black Power; The Colour Curtain; White Man, Listen!
ISBN 9780 0614 4945 1
Presenter
Ramona Koval
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