Richard Wright

GPTKB entity

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gptkbp:instance_of gptkb:musician
gptkb:Author
gptkb:Singer
gptkb:autobiography
gptkbp:active_years_end gptkb:2008
gptkbp:active_years_start gptkb:1965
gptkbp:adapted_into gptkb:Film_adaptations
gptkb:films
Stage plays
plays
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gptkb:The_Pink_Floyd
gptkb:Chicago_Black_Renaissance
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:The_Bleeding_Heart_Band
gptkb:Chicago_Renaissance
Zee
gptkbp:associated_with gptkb:The_Australian_Pink_Floyd_Show
gptkb:David_Gilmour
gptkb:The_Endless_River
gptkb:Harlem_Renaissance
gptkb:The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon_Live
gptkb:Roger_Waters
gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:Pink_Floyd
gptkb:Nick_Mason
gptkb:Chicago_Renaissance
gptkb:Syd_Barrett
gptkb:The_Wall_Live
gptkb:The_Orb
gptkbp:author gptkb:Richard_Wright
gptkbp:awards gptkb:Richard_Wright_Award_for_Literary_Excellence
gptkb:Grammy_Award
gptkb:Ivor_Novello_Award
gptkb:Guggenheim_Fellowship
gptkb:National_Book_Award
gptkbp:biography Richard Wright: A Biography
gptkbp:birth_date 1943-07-28
September 4, 1908
gptkbp:birth_place Bayswater, London, England
gptkbp:born September 4, 1908
gptkbp:born_in gptkb:Natchez,_Mississippi
gptkb:Roxie,_Mississippi
1908
gptkbp:children gptkb:Tanya_Wright
gptkb:Richard_Wright_Jr.
gptkb:Julia_Wright
Gideon Wright
gptkbp:contains_essays_on gptkb:The_Man_Who_Lived_Underground
gptkb:The_Ethics_of_Living_Jim_Crow
gptkb:The_Black_Boy
gptkb:White_Man,_Listen!
gptkbp:death_date November 28, 1960
2008-09-15
gptkbp:died November 28, 1960
gptkbp:died_in gptkb:1960
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:education gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkbp:ethnicity gptkb:African_American
gptkbp:genre gptkb:Fiction
gptkb:autobiography
gptkb:non-fiction
Social criticism
progressive rock
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Richard Wright
gptkbp:influenced gptkb:Toni_Morrison
gptkb:Alice_Walker
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Ralph_Ellison
many contemporary writers
Richard Wright's works inspired many writers.
gptkbp:influenced_by gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkbp:influences gptkb:The_Beach_Boys
gptkb:Bob_Dylan
gptkb:Eric_Clapton
gptkb:The_Beatles
gptkbp:instrument vocals
keyboards
gptkbp:instruments gptkb:piano
gptkb:organ
gptkb:synthesizer
gptkbp:is_a_member_of gptkb:The_Communist_Party_USA
gptkb:the_Communist_Party
gptkbp:is_a_subject_of gptkb:academic_study
gptkbp:is_associated_with gptkb:The_Harlem_Renaissance
naturalism
social realism
The Chicago Black Renaissance
gptkbp:is_criticized_for gptkb:colonialism
racism
capitalism
gptkbp:is_featured_in literary anthologies
gptkbp:is_known_for Social criticism
Autobiographical writing
Exploring racial themes
exploring themes of oppression
depicting the African American experience
his works on race and identity
gptkbp:is_often_compared_to gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkbp:is_recognized_by posthumous awards
gptkbp:is_remembered_for His exploration of identity
His critique of American society
his impact on American literature
His impact on African American literature
gptkbp:is_studied_in American literature courses
African American studies programs
gptkbp:known_for gptkb:autobiography
Literary realism
Existentialism
Social criticism
Racial themes
Autobiographical writing
Exploration of race relations
Critique of American society
Exploring racial issues
Depicting the African American experience
gptkbp:legacy Influence on African American literature
Subject of numerous biographies and studies
Cultural icon in the civil rights movement
gptkbp:lives_in gptkb:Chicago
gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois
gptkb:Paris
gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:member gptkb:Pink_Floyd
gptkbp:narrative_style gptkb:Symbolism
gptkb:Realism
Naturalism
gptkbp:nationality gptkb:British
gptkb:American
gptkbp:notable_album gptkb:The_Wall
gptkb:The_Dark_Side_of_the_Moon
gptkb:Wish_You_Were_Here
gptkb:animals
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gptkb:Comfortably_Numb
gptkb:Shine_On_You_Crazy_Diamond
gptkbp:notable_work gptkb:The_God_That_Failed
gptkb:The_Outsider
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Lived_Underground
gptkb:The_Ethics_of_Living_Jim_Crow
gptkb:Black_Power
gptkb:Black_Boy
gptkb:Native_Son
gptkb:The_Black_Boy
gptkb:The_Long_Dream
gptkb:The_Native_Son
The Last Poem
The Color Curtain
Eight Men
gptkbp:occupation gptkb:playwright
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:Writer
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
gptkbp:place_of_birth gptkb:Natchez,_Mississippi
gptkbp:place_of_death gptkb:Paris,_France
gptkbp:posthumous_recognition gptkb:The_Complete_Works_of_Richard_Wright
gptkb:The_Richard_Wright_Reader
Richard Wright: The Life and Times
gptkbp:published gptkb:American_Hunger
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Lived_Underground
gptkb:The_Ethics_of_Living_Jim_Crow
gptkb:Black_Power
gptkb:12_Million_Black_Voices
gptkb:The_Long_Dream
The Color Curtain
gptkbp:raises_funds_for gptkb:Mississippi
gptkbp:received gptkb:National_Book_Award
the Guggenheim Fellowship
gptkbp:role gptkb:singer-songwriter
gptkb:piano
gptkbp:spouse Evelyn Wright
Juliet Wright
Catherine Wright
Hilda Wright
Ellen Poplar
gptkbp:title gptkb:Black_Boy
gptkbp:translated_into Multiple languages
multiple languages
gptkbp:was_a gptkb:Civil_Rights_Movement
gptkb:playwright
gptkb:Cultural_Commentary
gptkb:essayist
gptkb:poet
gptkb:Novelist
African American author
gptkbp:was_educated_at gptkb:University_of_Chicago
gptkb:The_Southern_Christian_Institute
gptkbp:was_influenced_by gptkb:Mark_Twain
gptkb:W._E._B._Du_Bois
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:the_Harlem_Renaissance
the Great Migration
his childhood experiences
gptkbp:was_known_for autobiographical works
fictional works
essays on race
gptkbp:website richardwright.com
gptkbp:won gptkb:The_Turner_Prize_2009
gptkb:The_Turner_Prize_2007
gptkb:Turner_Prize_2009
gptkbp:wrote gptkb:The_God_That_Failed
gptkb:American_Hunger
gptkb:The_Outsider
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Lived_Underground
gptkb:Alas,_Babylon
gptkb:The_Ethics_of_Living_Jim_Crow
gptkb:Black_Power
gptkb:Native_Son:_A_Play
gptkb:The_Black_Boy:_A_Memoir
gptkb:The_Black_Boy:_A_Record_of_Childhood
gptkb:The_Black_Boy:_A_Record_of_Childhood_and_Youth
gptkb:The_Long_Dream:_A_Novel
gptkb:The_Outsider:_A_Novel
gptkb:The_Ethics_of_Living_Jim_Crow:_An_Autobiographical_Sketch
gptkb:The_Man_Who_Lived_Underground:_A_Novel
gptkb:Black_Boy
gptkb:Native_Son
gptkb:The_Black_Boy
gptkb:The_Long_Dream
gptkb:The_Native_Son
gptkb:White_Man,_Listen!
gptkb:The_Color_Curtain:_A_Report_on_the_Bandung_Conference
gptkb:Alfie
The Last Poem
The Color Curtain
Eight Men
Lawd Today!
Alas, Poor Richard
Native Son (play)
The Native Son: A Novel
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences
gptkb:The_Atlantic_Monthly
gptkb:Catholic_Church
gptkb:James_Baldwin
gptkb:Martin_Luther_King_Jr.
gptkb:Voting_Rights_Act_of_1965
gptkb:Langston_Hughes
gptkb:Zora_Neale_Hurston
gptkb:The_American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Letters
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