Wideman, John Edgar
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Birth Date
- 1941-06-14
Has Affiliation
- Organization: University of Pennsylvania
- Organization: Iowa Writers' Workshop
- Organization: University of Wyoming
- Organization: University of Massachusetts at Amherst
- Organization: Brown University
Descriptor
- African American authors
Birth Place
- Washington (D.C.)
Associated Language
- English
Field of Activity
(lcsh) Novels
Occupation
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Sources
- found: Brothers and keepers, c1984:CIP t.p. (John Edgar Wideman)
- found: LC data base, 2/8/84(hdg.: Wideman, John Edgar)
- found: Sent for you yesterday, c1983:title page (John Edgar Wideman) page 1 (b. 1941)
- found: 20, c2001:t.p. (John Edgar Wideman) page 4 of cover (grew up in Homewood section of Pittsburgh; most recent book, Hoop roots)
- found: Jackie Shearer papers, 1966-1993:(John Edgar Wideman)
- found: Wikipedia, Jan. 24, 2014(John Edgar Wideman (b. June 14, 1941, Washington, D.C.) is an African American writer; professor Africana Studies and Literary Arts at Brown University) - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Edgar_Wideman
- found: African American National Biography, accessed September 21, 2014, via Oxford African American Studies Center database:(Wideman, John Edgar; fiction writer, essayist, biographer, cultural critic, educator; born 14 June 1941 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States; BA in English, University of Pennsylvania (1963); studied philosophy at Oxford University's New College, graduated (1966); served as a Kent Fellow, University of Iowa's Writers' Workshop (1966-1967); awarded Lannan Literary Fellowship for Fiction (1991); taught at the English department, created and served as the first chair of the African American Studies program, University of Pennsylvania; moved to the University of Wyoming; professor of creative writing and American studies, University of Massachusetts at Amherst; Asa Messer Professor and professor of Africana studies and English, Department of Africana Studies, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island (2004))
LC Classification
- PS3573.I26
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Change Notes
- 1984-02-10: new
- 2022-05-26: revised
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