Richard Wright Death Cause and Date

Richard Wright's Death

Born (Birthday) Sep 4, 1908

Death Date November 28, 1960

Age of Death 52 years

Cause of Death Lung Cancer

Profession Novelist

The novelist Richard Wright died at the age of 52. Here is all you want to know, and more!

Biography - A Short Wiki

Influential African-American author of Black Boy, Native Son, and Uncle Tom’s Children. His work helped improve race relations in the 20th century.

He grew up in Mississippi and Tennessee, and was raised by his maternal grandmother and aunt. He was briefly married to Russian-Jewish dancer, Dhimah Rose Meidman. With his second wife, Communist organizer Ellen Poplar, he had two daughters: Julia and Rachel.

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“I would hurl words into this darkness and wait for an echo, and if an echo sounded, no matter how faintly, I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of hunger for life that gnaws in us all.” (Richard Wright)

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“It’s becoming very much like 1979 again.” (Richard Wright)

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“I’d like to see the bay cleaned up before I die.” (Richard Wright)

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“The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.” (Richard Wright)

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“Don’t leave inferences to be drawn when evidence can be presented.” (Richard Wright)

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