James Alan McPherson - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
James Alan McPherson | |
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Born | Savannah, Georgia, U.S. | September 16, 1943
Died | July 27, 2016 Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. | (aged 72)
Nationality | United States of America |
Education | Morgan State University Morris Brown College Harvard Law School University of Iowa |
Period | 1968–2016 |
Genre | Fiction |
Notable works | Elbow Room |
Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize in Fiction MacArthur Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship |
Spouse | Sarah Lynn Charlton (div.)[1] |
Children | Rachel (daughter); Benjamin (son)[1] |
James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was born in Savannah, Georgia.
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]
McPherson died in hospice on July 27, 2016, in Iowa City, Iowa, due to complications of pneumonia. He was 72.[1][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 Roberts, Sam (July 27, 2016). "James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 31, 2016.
- ↑ "Writer James Alan McPherson, Winner Of Pulitzer, MacArthur And Guggenheim, Dies At 72". www.npr.org. NPR. July 27, 2016. Retrieved July 28, 2016.