Richard Wright
- ISBN-10
- 0870675621
- ISBN-13
- 9780870675621
- Series
- Richard Wright
- Category
- Biography & Autobiography
- Pages
- 171
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1990
- Publisher
- Holloway House Publishing
- Author
- Joan Urban
Description
From an impoverished childhood to worldwide acclaim as an author, Wright was a formidable author frequently conveying the fears and despair of an entire population, both black and white, in his novels, the most renowned of which was Native Son.
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