Richard Wright

Richard Wright

His powerful, eloquent work examined the injustices African-Americans face in a white society. He won immediate fame for his first novel, "Native Son" (1940). It tells the story of Bigger Thomas, a young chauffeur whose inarticulate rage over his lot ultimately erupts into violence. "Native Son" was adapted into a play directed by Orson Welles in 1941, filmed in 1951 with Wright himself playing Bigger, and again in 1986. Wright's other books include "Black Boy" (1945), an autobiography; the novels "The Outsider" (1953) and "The Long Dream" (1958); the story collections "Uncle Tom's Children" (1938) and "Eight Men" (1961); and the philosophical volumes "Black Power" (1954) and "White Man, Listen!" (1957). Richard Nathaniel Wright was born near Natchez, Mississippi. Largely self-educated, he began to write after moving to Chicago around 1927. He was a member of the Communist Party from 1932 to 1944; he later wrote of his disillusionment with that system in "The God That Failed" (1949), a collection of essays by former party members. Wright lived in Paris from 1946 until his death. A second book of memoirs, "American Hunger," was published posthumously in 1977.

  • Popularität : 0.394
  • Bekannt für : Writing
  • Geburtstag : 1908-09-04
  • Geburtsort : Roxie, Mississippi, USA
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Richard Wright Filme

  • 1951
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    Native Son

    Native Son

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  • 2009
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    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist

    Richard Wright: Native Son, Author and Activist

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  • 1986
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    Native Son

    Native Son

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  • 1967
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    Domingo Salvaje

    Domingo Salvaje

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  • 1976
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    Almos' a Man

    Almos' a Man

    1 1976 HD

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  • 1988
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    La Passerelle

    La Passerelle

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  • 1996
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    America's Dream

    America's Dream

    7 1996 HD

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  • 1951
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    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.6 1951 HD

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  • 2019
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    Native Son

    Native Son

    5.5 2019 HD

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