Richard Wright



Richard Wright

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born September 04, 1908
died November 28, 1960
gender male
place of birth United States
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avg rating: 3.93 | 7897 ratings | 68 distinct works
Native Son Native Son (Perennial Classics)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.95 — 3943 ratings — published 1940
29 editions
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Uncle Tom's Children Uncle Tom's Children (Perennial Classics)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.92 — 172 ratings — published 2004
5 editions
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The Outsider The Outsider (Paperback)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.93 — 121 ratings — published 2003
4 editions
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Eight Men: Short Stories Eight Men: Short Stories (Paperback)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.98 — 63 ratings — published 1996
3 editions
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Rite of Passage Rite of Passage (Paperback)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.67 — 39 ratings — published 1996
4 editions
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Haiku Haiku (Paperback)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 4.39 — 23 ratings — published 2000
2 editions
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Lawd Today! Lawd Today! (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
by Richard Wright, Arnold Rampersad
avg rating 3.71 — 24 ratings — published 1993
2 editions
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The God That Failed The God That Failed (Paperback)
by Richard Crossman, editor, Richard Wright
avg rating 3.46 — 24 ratings — published 2001
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12 Million Black Voices 12 Million Black Voices (Paperback)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.71 — 21 ratings — published 2002
2 editions
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The Long Dream The Long Dream (Northeastern Library of Black Literature)
by Richard Wright
avg rating 3.79 — 19 ratings — published 2000
3 editions
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quotes by Richard Wright

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"there are times when life's ends are so raveled that reason and sense cry out that we stop and gather them together again before we can proceed"
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""Men can starve from a lack of self realization as much as they can from a lack of bread.""
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""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."
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