Ernest J. Gaines (1933–2019)
Autor(a) de A Lesson Before Dying
About the Author
Ernest James Gaines was born on January 15, 1933, on the River Lake Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines has been a MacArthur Foundation fellow, awarded the National Humanities Medal, and mostrar mais inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier. Although he was educated in California (at San Francisco State College and Stanford University), his fiction is dominated by images and characters drawn from rural Louisiana, where he was born and raised. Unquestionably the most recognizable, and probably the best, of Gaines's novels is The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971), a fictional account of the long life of a black woman born a slave on a Louisiana plantation. Through the stories of the many fascinating people who touch Jane's life, Gaines presents not only a moving perspective on the struggles of African Americans but also a social history of the United States since the Civil War. It is a testimony to Gaines's skill as a writer and storyteller that many people believe Jane Pittman was a real person. Indeed, the novel is frequently misshelved in the biography section of bookstores. In 1993 Gaines also won the Dos Passos Prize and in 2000 he won the National Humanities Medal. Of Gaines's other works, Bloodline (1976), a collection of five short stories, stands out for its powerful portrayals of young men in search of self-respect and dignity. In 2013 President Barack Obama presented Mr. Gaines with the National Medal of Arts. Ernest J. Gaines passed away on November 5,2019 at this home in Oscar, LA at the age of 86. (Bowker Author Biography) mostrar menos
Image credit: Ian Edelstein / Seattle Municipal Archives
Obras de Ernest J. Gaines
Associated Works
Breaking Ice: An Anthology of Contemporary African-American Fiction (1990) — Contribuinte — 275 cópias
The Best Short Stories by Black Writers, 1899-1967: The Classic Anthology (1967) — Contribuinte — 174 cópias
Growing Up in the South: An Anthology of Modern Southern Literature (1991) — Contribuinte — 142 cópias
Calling the Wind: Twentieth Century African-American Short Stories (1992) — Contribuinte — 100 cópias
Etiquetado
Conhecimento Comum
- Nome de batismo
- Gaines, Ernest James
- Data de nascimento
- 1933-01-15
- Data de falecimento
- 2019-11-05
- Local de enterro
- Mount Zion Baptist Church Cemetery, Port Hudson, Louisiana, USA
- Sexo
- male
- Nacionalidade
- USA
- Local de nascimento
- River Lake Plantation, Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA
- Local de falecimento
- Oscar, Louisiana, USA
- Locais de residência
- Pointe Coupee Parish, Louisiana, USA
Vallejo, California, USA
San Francisco, California, USA
Lafayette, Louisiana, USA - Educação
- San Francisco State College
Stanford University - Ocupação
- novelist
professor (creative writing ∙ University of Louisiana at Lafayette) - Organizações
- American Academy of Arts and Letters (1998)
Fellowship of Southern Writers (charter member)
University of Louisiana at Lafayette - Premiações
- National Humanities Medal (2000)
American Academy of Arts and Letters Academy Award (1987)
John Dos Passos Prize (1993)
Louisiana Writer Award (2000)
F. Scott Fitzgerald Award for Outstanding Achievement in American Fiction (2001)
Cleanth Brooks Medal for Lifetime Achievement (2011) (mostrar todas 10)
Sidney Lanier Prize for Southern Literature (2012)
MacArthur Fellowship (1993)
Guggenheim Fellowship (1972 ∙ Fiction)
National Medal of Arts (2013) - Pequena biografia
- Ernest James Gaines was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award for fiction. Gaines was a MacArthur Foundation fellow, was awarded the National Humanities Medal, and was inducted into the French Ordre des Arts et des Lettres (Order of Arts and Letters) as a Chevalier.
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Graced with seriousness, importance, humanity, and some snorting-through-my-nose humor. Wonderful.
Excellent! Second time around for me and just as compelling. Lovely writing.
Enjoy!
Enjoy!
Abandoned 43% of the way through. At this point, not much had happened, plot-wise, yet there was profanity, including God's name used in vain, and some sexual content. Not worth finishing.
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- Obras
- 17
- Also by
- 23
- Membros
- 8,800
- Popularidade
- #2,719
- Avaliação
- 3.9
- Resenhas
- 169
- ISBNs
- 188
- Idiomas
- 7
- Favorito
- 13
It's a heartbreaking but ultimately inspiring book. It reminds me of Plato's "Allegory of the Cave". It teaches the power of knowledge- how it changes perception. There is more to reality than what the senses can grasp.
“He was the strongest man in that crowded room, Grant Wiggins,” Paul said, staring at me and speaking louder than was necessary. “He was, he was. I’m not saying this to make you feel good, I’m not saying this to ease your pain.”p. 255… (mais)