Geburtsdatum | Samstag, 02. August 1924 |
Geburtsort | New York City, NY, U.S. |
Todesort | Saint-Paul-de-Vence |
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Beschreibung | James Arthur Baldwin (August 2, 1924 – December 1, 1987) was an American writer. He garnered acclaim across various media, including essays, novels, plays, and poems. His first novel, Go Tell It on the Mountain, was published in 1953; decades later, Time magazine included the novel on its list of the 100 best English-language novels released from 1923 to 2005. His first essay collection, Notes of a Native Son, was published in 1955. |
The primary distinction of the artist is that he must actively cultivate that state which most men, necessarily, must avoid the state of being alone.
The South is very beautiful but its beauty makes one sad because the lives that people live here, and have lived here, are so ugly.
An identity would seem to be arrived at by the way in which the person faces and uses his experience.
