Gloria Naylor (1950–2016)
Auteur van De vrouwen van Brewster Place
Over de Auteur
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 toon meer 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) toon minder
Fotografie: David Shankbone, August 2007
Werken van Gloria Naylor
Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1967 to the Present (1995) — Redacteur; Medewerker — 116 exemplaren
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967; Children of the Night: The Best Short Stories by Black Writers,… (2002) — Redacteur — 42 exemplaren
Selected From the Women of Brewster Place 1 exemplaar
The Women of Brewsters Place 1 exemplaar
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- Geboortedatum
- 1950-01-25
- Overlijdensdatum
- 2016-09-28
- Geslacht
- female
- Nationaliteit
- USA
- Geboorteplaats
- Manhattan, New York, USA
- Plaats van overlijden
- Christiansted, U.S. Virgin Islands, USA
- Oorzaak van overlijden
- heart attack
- Woonplaatsen
- Harlem, New York, USA
Queens, New York, USA - Opleiding
- Medgar Evers College
Brooklyn College (BA|1981)
Yale University (MA|1983) - Beroepen
- novelist
- Organisaties
- George Washington University
New York University
Boston University
University of Kent
University of Pennsylvania
Cornell University (toon alle 7)
Tulane University - Prijzen en onderscheidingen
- 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
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