Arnold Rampersad
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Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941) is a biographer, literary critic, and academic, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US in 1965.[1] The first volume (1986) of his Life of Langston Hughes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his Ralph Ellison: A Biography was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.[2]
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Born | (1941-11-13) 13 November 1941 (age 82) |
Alma mater | Bowling Green State University Harvard University |
Occupations | Biographer, literary critic, academic |
Notable work | The Life of Langston Hughes (1986); Ralph Ellison: A Biography (2007) |
Awards | Anisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award |
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Rampersad is currently Professor of English and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He was Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities from January 2004 to August 2006.