James Alan McPherson
American essayist and short-story writer / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[1]
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Born | (1943-09-16)September 16, 1943 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
Died | July 27, 2016(2016-07-27) (aged 72) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
Education | Morgan State University Morris Brown College (BA) Harvard University (LLB) University of Iowa (MFA) |
Period | 1968–2016 |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | Elbow Room |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize in Fiction MacArthur Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship |
Spouse | Sarah Charlton (div) |
Children | 2 |
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