James Baldwin
, one of America’s most renowned and appreciated authors, broke through the barriers of early 20th century Semitism with grace and ease that will always be recognized. Although Baldwin faced opposition and hard times because of his risqué lifestyle, he triumphed and became one of the best African-American authors the 20th century ever saw.
In 1924 Harlem, Baldwin was born an illegitimate child to Emma Jones, who 3 years later married David Baldwin. David Baldwin, the stepfather of James, was a very strict preacher from New Orleans who later became the center of conflict in James’ life and also the main character in much of his work. In 1938, at the wish of his stepfather, James ...
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to be found in me.” He found the answer to who he was in being a novelist. Between 1948 and 1957, he lived in both France and Switzerland, returning to the United States in 1952 and 1956.
Over the span of Baldwin’s life, he was honored with many awards and recognitions. In 1953, he published Go Tell it On a Mountain, and a year later, in 1954; he received the Guggenheim Fellowship and wrote The Amen Corner, a play that was produced at Howard University. Go Tell it On a Mountain, paint a picture similar to that which Baldwin faced in Harlem. In 1955, he published Notes of a Native Son, which was a collection of eleven of his essays. In 1956, Baldwin was a very busy man having published Giovanni’s Room; he received the National Institute of Arts and Letters Grant, and the Partisan Review Fellowship. Giovanni’s Room zeroed in more closely on a different faucet of his life, his sexuality. Being a black writer was only the beginning of his hard times, being homosexual made those ...
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Another Country is one of the novels that best helps to depict the life Baldwin lived and how he expressed it in his writings. In 1963, he published The First Next Time, and also received the George Polk Memorial Award for magazine articles. He become known this year as the spokesperson for civil rights and was featured on the cover of Time magazine. In 1964, he published Blues For Mister Charlie which opened at ANTA Theatre on Broadway. The Amen Corner was produced in Los Angeles and he published Nothing Personal. He also received honorary doctor of letter degrees from the University of British Columbia in Vancouver and was made a member of the National Institute of Arts and ...
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