Charles R. Johnson
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For the California merchant, see Charles R. Johnson (California merchant). For the American mathemetician, see Charles Royal Johnson.
Charles Richard Johnson (born April 23, 1948)[1] is an American scholar and the author of novels, short stories, screen-and-teleplays, and essays, most often with a philosophical orientation. Johnson has directly addressed the issues of black life in America in novels such as Dreamer and Middle Passage. Johnson was born in 1948 in Evanston, Illinois,[2] and spent most of his career at the University of Washington in Seattle.
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Born | (1948-04-23) April 23, 1948 (age 76) Evanston, Illinois, U.S. |
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Education | Southern Illinois University (BS, MA) Stony Brook University (PhD) |
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The Cambridge Guide to Literature in English says that Johnson's works "combine historical accuracy, parable, and elements of the fantastic in rendering the experience of African Americans."[3]