Ernest J. Gaines
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American author (1933–2019)
Film & TV
Oscar, Louisiana, USA
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies. His 1993 novel, A Lesson Before Dying, won the National Book Critics Circle Award…
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Oscar
- Place of death
- Oscar
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Native language
- English language
- Field of work
- literature
- Image
- Ernest l gaines 9280480.jpg
- Residence
- Vallejo
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- date of birth
- 1933-01-15
- member of
- American Academy of Arts and Letters
- ethnic group
- African Americans
- date of death
- 2019-11-05
- name in native language
- Ernest J. Gaines
- cause of death
- myocardial infarction
- manner of death
- natural causes
- Commons category
- Ernest J. Gaines
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