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Original Language:English
Production Companies:TMW
Richard Wright Native Son Author and Activist on the Web:Official Website
Richard Wright Native Son Author and Activist (2009)
RICHARD WRIGHT was an AfricanAmerican author of novels short stories and nonfiction that dealt with powerful themes and controversial topics Much of his works concerned racial themes that helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid20th century Born on a plantation in Mississippi Wright was a descendent of the first slaves who arrived in Jamestown Massachusetts This program follows his arduous path from sharecropper to literary giant Through authors like HL Menken Sinclair Lewis Theodore Dreiser he discovered that literature could be used as a catalyst for social change In 1937 Wright moved to New York and his work began to garner national attention for its political and social commentary Much of Wrights writing focused on the African American community and experience his novel Native Son won him a Guggenheim Fellowship and was adapted to the Broadway stage with Orson Welles directing in 1941
StarringRichard Wright