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词条 Sarah E. Wright
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  1. Biography

  2. Works

  3. Bibliography

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  4. References

{{About|the American writer|the American actress|Sarah Wright}}Sarah Elizabeth Wright (December 9, 1928 – September 13, 2009)[1] was an American writer and social activist. Her novel This Child's Gonna Live, published in 1969, was acclaimed by critics and "was among the first to focus on the confluence of race, class and sex".[1] The New York Times named it "outstanding book of 1969" and it was called a "small masterpiece".[2][3]

Biography

Sarah Elizabeth Wright was born in Wetipquin, Maryland, and began writing poetry at the age of eight.[1] She attended Salisbury Colored High School, and in 1945 entered Howard University. At Howard University, she was mentored by Sterling Allen Brown and Owen Dodson, and first met poet Langston Hughes, who became a lifelong friend.[4][5]

In 1949 due to financial hardship, she left Howard University without graduating[1] and moved to Philadelphia. There she wrote, worked for a small printing and publishing firm, and helped to found the Philadelphia Writers' Workshop. In 1957, she moved to New York City and became active in the Harlem Writers' Guild.[1][5] Wright was a former vice-president of the Harlem Writers Guild and was involved in many political causes.[1] These included African and African-American liberation, as well as anti-war work.

Wright died in Manhattan, New York, at the age of 80.

Works

This Child's Gonna Live (Delacorte Press, 1969) was her only published novel. The New York Times named it an outstanding book of 1969.[1] Told from the perspective of Mariah Upshur, a young woman living in a small fishing village in Maryland, it depicts the struggle to survive under the multiple pressures of racism, poverty, and disease.[1][4][5] The Feminist Press published a new edition of the novel in 1986 and it has remained in print since then.[1][4]

Wright spent many years working on a second novel, which was never completed.[1] She also published critical essays, a volume of poetry entitled Give Me a Child (Kraft Publishing, 1955, with Lucy Smith); and a nonfiction book for young people, A. Philip Randolph: Integration in the Workplace (Silver Burdett, 1990). Her novel is featured in the exhibit concerning the Eastern Shore of Maryland in the African-American Museum of History and Culture.

Bibliography

Books

  • Sarah E. Wright, Lucy Smith: Give Me a Child. Kraft Publishing Co., 1955 (poetry).
  • This Child's Gonna Live. Delacorte Press, 1969. {{ISBN|1-55861-397-8}}
  • Black Art History: A Curriculum for Middle School. California State University. 1976.
  • A. Philip Randolph: Integration in the Workplace. Silver Burdett Press, 1990. {{ISBN|0-382-09922-2}}

Other publications

  • "I Have Known Death," Tomorrow, 10 (3 November 1950), p. 46.
  • "Roadblocks to the Development of the Negro Writer," in The American Negro Writer and His Roots, selected papers from the First Conference of American Negro Writers. New York: American Society of African Culture, 1960, pp. 71-73.
  • "Until They Have Stopped," Freedomways, 5, no. 3 (1965), pp. 378-379.
  • "The Negro Woman in American Literature," Freedomways, 6 (Winter 1966), pp. 8-10.
  • "Urgency" and "Window Pictures," in Beyond the Blues, edited by Rosey E. Pool. Detroit: Broadside Press, 1971, pp. 184-185.
  • "Lament of a Harlem Mother," American Pen, 4 (Spring 1972), pp.23-27.
  • "Black Writers' Views of America," Freedomways, 19, no. 3 (1979), pp. 161-163.

References

1. ^1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 {{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/04wright.html|title=Sarah E. Wright, Novelist of Black Experience in the Depression, Dies at 80 |last=Fox|first=Margalit|date=2009-10-02|work=New York Times|accessdate=2009-10-08}}
2. ^{{cite news|url=http://www1.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/novelist_sarah_e_wright_dies_at_age_80 |title=Novelist Sarah E. Wright Dies at Age 80 |date=2009-10-05 |work=essence.com |accessdate=2009-10-08 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100116045842/http://www1.essence.com/news_entertainment/entertainment/articles/novelist_sarah_e_wright_dies_at_age_80 |archivedate=January 16, 2010 }}
3. ^[https://www.nytimes.com/1969/06/29/archives/this-childs-gonna-live-by-sarah-e-wright-276-pp-a-seymour-lawrence.html?sq=%2522shane%2520stevens%2522+%2522sarah%2520wright%2522&scp=1&st=cse Shane Stevens in The Times Book Review], June 29, 1969.
4. ^1 2 {{cite book|chapter=Wright, Sarah E. (Elizabeth)|editor1-last=Strickland|editor1-first=Michael R.|editor2-last=Hatch|editor2-first=Shari Dorantes|title=African-American Writers: A Dictionary|publisher=ABC-CLIO|publication-date=2000|isbn=9781849723343}}
5. ^1 2 {{cite book|title=Afro-American Fiction Writers After 1955|last=Guilford|first=Virginia B.|publisher=Gale|year=|isbn=|editor1-last=Davies|editor1-first=Thadious M.|series=Dictionary of Literary Biography|volume=33|location=|publication-date=1984|pages=293-300|chapter=Sarah Elizabeth Wright|editor2-last=Harris-Lopez|editor2-first=Trudier}}
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