Richard Wright
Full name: Richard Nathaniel Wright
Also known as: Richard Wright
Born: September 4, 1908 in Roxie, MS
Died: November 28, 1960 in Paris, France
Occupation: author
Notable works: Native Son (1940); Native Son: The Biography of a Young American [play] (with Paul Green, 1941); Black Boy (1945); The Outsider (1953)
Associations: Communist Party (former member)
Honors and awards: Guggenheim Fellowship (1939); Spingarn Medal (1941); inducted into the Chicago Literary Hall of Fame (2010)
