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Richard Wright Timeline
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Wright's works of literature
Personal Tidbits
Native Son (1940)
Black Boy (1945)
The Outsider (1953)
Black Power (1954)
White Man, Listen! (1957)
The Long Dream (1958)
* Other short stories not listed*
Wright was married twice.
First marriage was in August 1939 to Dhimah Rose Meidman. The marriage ended a ear later (1940).
He then married Ellen Poplar (Popolowitz). On March 12, 1941.
Wright and his second wife had two daughters Julia (1942) and Rachel (1949).
Final Fifteen Years
Three Major Events During The Author's Life, That Effect the United States.
- World War I
- The Great Depression
- World War II
Published "Black Boy" in 1945.
His reputation grew, but because he lived in Mexico, he became so disillusioned with Communism and White America, that he moved to Paris, France.
Wright continued to write until the end of his life.
Died in Paris, France on November 28th, 1960
Work Cited
Bio. true story. N.p., 2013. Web. 26 Feb. 2014
Wrights Early Years
Richard Wright Timeline
Later in Life
Born Richard Nathaniel Wright September 4, 1908.
Son of a sharecropper.
His father left when Wright was five years old.
Went to school until ninth grade.
At sixteen he wrote a short story and had it published in a southern African-American newspaper.
From 1940-1946 he lived in Mexico.
He wrote and published "Native Son" in 1940, and it was the first book to be selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club written by an African-American.
A year later he played the title role of "Native Son" in Argentina
Richard Wright's Early Adulthood
In 1927 he moved to Chicago, IL and worked in a Post Office.
Because of the depression, he hated capitalism and joined a communist party in 1932.
Wright moved to New York in 1937 to join the Federal Writers Project.
He wrote "Uncle Tom's Children", it was a collection of four short stories. It was published in 1938.