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gptkbp:instanceOf
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Author
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gptkbp:adaptation
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A Lesson Before Dying (film)
The_Autobiography_of_Miss_Jane_Pittman_(film)
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gptkbp:artMovement
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gptkb:African_American_literature
Postmodern literature
Southern_literature
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gptkbp:associatedWith
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gptkb:California_State_University,_Sacramento
gptkb:University_of_Louisiana_at_Lafayette
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gptkbp:awards
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gptkb:MacArthur_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Book_Critics_Circle_Award
Guggenheim Fellowship
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gptkbp:born
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January 15, 1933
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gptkbp:children
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gptkb:Alicia_Gaines
gptkb:Ernest_J._Gaines_III
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gptkbp:died
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November 5, 2019
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gptkbp:education
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gptkb:San_Francisco_State_University
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gptkbp:genre
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Historical fiction
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https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label
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Ernest J. Gaines Jr.
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gptkbp:influenced
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Contemporary_African_American_literature
African_American_writers
Writers_of_the_Southern_Gothic_genre
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gptkbp:influencedBy
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gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:William_Faulkner
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
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gptkbp:nationality
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American
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gptkbp:notableQuote
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“The past is never dead. It's not even past.”
“I write about the people I know.”
“You can't be a writer if you don't read.”
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gptkbp:notableWork
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gptkb:The_Autobiography_of_Miss_Jane_Pittman
A Lesson Before Dying
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gptkbp:occupation
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Professor
Writer
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gptkbp:placeOfBirth
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gptkb:Oscar,_Louisiana
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gptkbp:placeOfDeath
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gptkb:Oscar,_Louisiana
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gptkbp:spouse
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Doris_Gaines
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gptkbp:theme
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Family
Social justice
Community
Racial identity
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