Barbara Chase-Riboud
American writer (born 1939) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Barbara Chase-Riboud (born June 26, 1939) is an American visual artist and sculptor, bestselling novelist, and award-winning poet.
Barbara Chase-Riboud | |
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Born | (1939-06-26) June 26, 1939 (age 84) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
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Nationality | American |
Education | Philadelphia High School for Girls Philadelphia Museum School of Art (BFA) American Academy in Rome Yale University (MFA) |
Notable awards | Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize (1979) |
Spouse |
Sergio Tosi (m. 1981) |
Children | 2 |
Parents | Charles Edward Chase Vivian May Chase |
After becoming established as a sculptor and poet, Chase-Riboud gained widespread recognition as an author for her novel Sally Hemings (1979). It earned the Janet Heidinger Kafka Prize in Fiction, and became an international success.
Chase-Riboud's novel about Sally Hemings generated discussion about the likely relationship between the young enslaved woman and her master, Thomas Jefferson, who became president of the United States.[1] Mainline historians rejected Chase-Riboud's portrayal and persuaded CBS not to produce a planned TV mini-series adapted from the novel. Following DNA analysis of descendants in 1998, the Jefferson-Hemings relationship is widely accepted by historians as fact, including those who had objected before.