Gloria Naylor (1950–2016)
Autor/a de The Women of Brewster Place
Sobre l'autor
Gloria Naylor was born in Manhattan, New York on January 25, 1950. She received a bachelor's degree in English from Brooklyn College and a master's degree in African American studies from Yale University. She taught at several universities including George Washington University, the University of mostra'n més Pennsylvania, New York University, Princeton University, and Boston University. Her first novel, The Women of Brewster Place, won the American Book Award and the National Book Award for first novel in 1983. It was adapted into a two-part television movie in 1989. Her other novels include Linden Hills, Mama Day, Bailey's Café, and The Men of Brewster Place. She died of heart failure on September 28, 2016 at the age of 66. (Bowker Author Biography) mostra'n menys
Crèdit de la imatge: David Shankbone, August 2007
Obres de Gloria Naylor
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Editor; Col·laborador — 113 exemplars
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967; Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers,… (2002) — Editor — 39 exemplars
Selected From the Women of Brewster Place 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Col·laborador — 270 exemplars
Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Words and Writings by Women of African Descent from the Ancient… (1992) — Col·laborador — 157 exemplars
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Col·laborador — 98 exemplars
Go the Way Your Blood Beats: An Anthology of Lesbian and Gay Fiction by African-American Writers (1996) — Col·laborador — 88 exemplars
Grand Mothers: Poems, Reminiscences, and Short Stories About the Keepers of Our Traditions (1994) — Col·laborador — 77 exemplars
The Haves & Have Nots: 30 Stories About Money & Class In America (1999) — Col·laborador — 33 exemplars
The Unforgetting Heart: An Anthology of Short Stories by African American Women (1859-1993) (1993) — Col·laborador — 23 exemplars
The Bluelight Corner: Black Women Writing on Passion, Sex, and Romantic Love (1998) — Col·laborador — 9 exemplars
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1950-01-25
- Data de defunció
- 2016-09-28
- Gènere
- female
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Lloc de defunció
- Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, USA
- Causa de la mort
- heart attack
- Llocs de residència
- Harlem, New York, USA
Queens, New York, USA - Educació
- Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn College (BA|1981)
Yale University (MA|1983) - Professions
- novelist
- Organitzacions
- George Washington University
New York University
Boston University
University of Kent
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University (mostra-les totes 7)
Tulane University - Premis i honors
- NEA Fellowship (1985)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1988)
American Book Award (1983)
National Book Award (1983)
Candace Award (1986)
Lillian Smith Award (1989) - Agent
- Sterling Lord Literistic
Membres
Ressenyes
Llistes
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 11
- També de
- 17
- Membres
- 4,812
- Popularitat
- #5,218
- Valoració
- 4.0
- Ressenyes
- 66
- ISBN
- 107
- Llengües
- 10
- Preferit
- 16