John A. Williams
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John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection Safari West.
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John Alfred Williams (Jackson, Mississipi, 5 de dezembro de 1925) é um escritor, jornalista e acadêmico estadunidense. Williams, após servir na Marinha na Segunda Guerra Mundial, graduou-se em 1950 pela . Seus romances como The Angry ones, (1960) e The Man Who Cried I Am, (1967), versam principalmente sobre a experiência de ser negro em uma América branca. Em 1970, Williams recebeu a Medalha Centenária da Universidade de Syracusa por excelentes realizações e, em 1998, seu Safari West foi premiado com o . Ele é membro do National Institute of Arts and Letters.
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John Alfred Williams (Jackson, 5 december 1925 – Paramus, 3 juli 2015) was een Afro-Amerikaanse schrijver, journalist en academicus. Hij was ook lid van de American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nadat hij in de Tweede Wereldoorlog bij de marine had gediend, studeerde Williams in 1950 af aan de Universiteit van Syracuse. Bekende romans van zijn hand over de kloof tussen blank en zwart in de Amerikaanse samenleving zijn The Angry Ones (1960) en The Man Who Cried I Am (1967). In 1998 won John Williams met zijn werk Safari West de American Book Award.
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John Alfred Williams (December 5, 1925 – July 3, 2015) was an African-American author, journalist, and academic. His novel The Man Who Cried I Am was a bestseller in 1967. Also a poet, he won an American Book Award for his 1998 collection Safari West.
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John Alfred Williams (Jackson, 5 december 1925 – Paramus, 3 juli 2015) was een Afro-Amerikaanse schrijver, journalist en academicus. Hij was ook lid van de American Academy of Arts and Letters. Nadat hij in de Tweede Wereldoorlog bij de marine had gediend, studeerde Williams in 1950 af aan de Universiteit van Syracuse. Bekende romans van zijn hand over de kloof tussen blank en zwart in de Amerikaanse samenleving zijn The Angry Ones (1960) en The Man Who Cried I Am (1967). Aan het begin van de jaren 80 begon Williams met toestemming van Mercer Ellington samen met componist en fluitist te werken aan de voltooiing van , een opera waar Duke Ellington aan was begonnen maar nooit had afgemaakt. Het werk werd uiteindelijk ook niet door Williams en Burrs afgemaakt. In 1998 won John Williams met zijn werk Safari West de American Book Award. In 2003 deed John Williams een stuk spoken word op het album van , waar zijn zoon Adam Williams in die tijd gitarist voor was.
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John Alfred Williams (Jackson, Mississipi, 5 de dezembro de 1925) é um escritor, jornalista e acadêmico estadunidense. Williams, após servir na Marinha na Segunda Guerra Mundial, graduou-se em 1950 pela . Seus romances como The Angry ones, (1960) e The Man Who Cried I Am, (1967), versam principalmente sobre a experiência de ser negro em uma América branca. No início dos anos de 1980, Williams and o compositor e flautista , com a anuência de , começaram a colaborar com o acabamento de , uma ópera de Duke Ellington, a qual não foi terminada por conta de seu falecimento. O projeto acabou fracassando de a ópera foi completada por outros compositores. Em 1970, Williams recebeu a Medalha Centenária da Universidade de Syracusa por excelentes realizações e, em 1998, seu Safari West foi premiado com o . Ele é membro do National Institute of Arts and Letters. Em 2003, Williams desempenhou um trabalho de spoken word em Transform, um álbum lançado pela banda Powerman 5000. Naquela época, seu filho Adam Williams era o guitarrista da banda.
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