James Arthur Baldwin

GPTKB entity

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:Film_Director
Author
novelist
playwright
gptkbp:associatedWith gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Black_Arts_Movement
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Anisfield-Wolf_Book_Award
gptkb:O._Henry_Award
National Book Award
gptkbp:birthDate 1924-08-02
gptkbp:bornIn gptkb:New_York_City
gptkbp:child gptkb:James_Baldwin_Jr.
gptkbp:deathDate 1987-12-01
gptkbp:education gptkb:Harvard_University
gptkbp:famousQuote “The most dangerous creation of any society is the man who has nothing to lose.”
“Not everything that is faced can be changed, but nothing can be changed until it is faced.”
“I am what I am. Doing what I do. I am not ashamed.”
“The artist is not a special kind of man; rather, each man is a special kind of artist.”
“Love_takes_off_the_masks_that_we_fear_we_cannot_live_without_and_know_we_cannot_live_within.”
gptkbp:genre non-fiction
drama
fiction
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label James Arthur Baldwin
gptkbp:influenced Toni Morrison
Maya Angelou
gptkbp:influencedBy gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkb:Marianne_Moore
gptkbp:language English
gptkbp:nationality American
gptkbp:notableWork gptkb:Giovanni's_Room
gptkb:Notes_of_a_Native_Son
gptkb:Go_Tell_It_on_the_Mountain
Another Country
The Fire Next Time
gptkbp:occupation writer
activist
social critic
gptkbp:placeOfDeath gptkb:Saint-Paul-de-Vence
gptkbp:spouse gptkb:David_Baldwin
gptkbp:website https://www.jamesbaldwin.com