Richard Wright
author profile
born
September 04, 1908
died
November 28, 1960
gender
male
place of birth
Adams County, Mississippi, The United States
genre
Literature & Fiction, Short Stories, Nonfiction
about this author
Richard Nathaniel Wright was an African-American author of powerful, sometimes controversial novels, short stories and non-fiction. Much of his literature concerned racial themes. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century.
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Native Son by Richard Wright avg rating 3.88 — 8,067 ratings — published 1940 33 editions |
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Black Boy by Richard Wright avg rating 3.84 — 3,901 ratings — published 1945 30 editions |
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Uncle Tom's Children by Richard Wright avg rating 3.90 — 294 ratings — published 1988 8 editions |
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The Outsider by Richard Wright avg rating 4.02 — 219 ratings — published 1953 7 editions |
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Eight Men: Short Stories by Richard Wright avg rating 4.01 — 95 ratings — published 1974 5 editions |
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Rite of Passage by Richard Wright avg rating 3.57 — 81 ratings — published 1993 5 editions |
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Haiku by Richard Wright avg rating 4.05 — 43 ratings — published 1998 2 editions |
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12 Million Black Voices by Richard Wright avg rating 3.82 — 39 ratings — published 2000 2 editions |
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Lawd Today! (Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Richard Wright, Arnold Rampersad avg rating 3.69 — 36 ratings — published 1963 3 editions |
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The Long Dream (Northeastern Library of Black Literature) by Richard Wright avg rating 3.93 — 29 ratings — published 1958 3 editions |
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"Men can starve from a lack of self realization as much as they can from a lack of bread."
— Richard Wright
— Richard Wright
"Violence is a personal necessity for the oppressed...It is not a strategy consciously devised. It is the deep, instinctive expression of a human being denied individuality."
— Richard Wright (Native Son)
— Richard Wright (Native Son)
"I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all."
— Richard Wright
— Richard Wright
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