Jesmyn Ward
Autor(a) de Sing, Unburied, Sing
About the Author
Jesmyn Ward was born in DeLisle, Mississippi in 1977. She became a writer after the death of her brother by a drunk driver. She received a MFA in creative writing from the University of Michigan. Her books include the novel Where the Line Bleeds, the memoir Men We Reaped, and the nonfiction work mostrar mais The Fire This Time: A New Generation Speaks about Race. Salvage the Bones won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2011 and an Alex Award in 2012. Sing, Unburied, Sing won the National Book Award in Fiction in 2017. She taught at University of New Orleans, the University of South Alabama, and Tulane University. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Séries
Obras por Jesmyn Ward
Cattle Haul 2 exemplares
Associated Works
Well-Read Black Girl: Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves (2018) — Contribuidor — 377 exemplares
Fight of the Century: Writers Reflect on 100 Years of Landmark ACLU Cases (2020) — Contribuidor — 182 exemplares
New Daughters of Africa: An International Anthology of Writing by Women of African Descent (1992) — Contribuidor — 86 exemplares
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Data de nascimento
- 1977-04-01
- Sexo
- female
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- DeLisle, Mississippi, USA
- Educação
- Stanford University
University of Michigan - Ocupações
- author
writer in residence
professor - Organizações
- University of South Alabama
Tulane University - Prémios e menções honrosas
- MacArthur Fellowship (2017)
Library of Congress Prize for American Fiction (2022)
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AP Lit (1)
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Estatísticas
- Obras
- 10
- Also by
- 4
- Membros
- 9,729
- Popularidade
- #2,453
- Avaliação
- 4.1
- Críticas
- 488
- ISBN
- 145
- Línguas
- 12
- Marcado como favorito
- 11