James Alan McPherson
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American short story writer and essayist (1943–2016)
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James Alan McPherson was an American male novelist, essayist, and college teacher. His work focused on literary creation and was produced in the English language. He was born in 1943 and died in 2016.
McPherson’s contributions to literature have been recognized in several notable collections. His work is included in the Pulitzer Prize collection, the American Academy Arts Sciences collection, and the Macarthur Fellows collection.
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James Alan McPherson appears in Vinony's MacArthur Fellows collection — one of 1,138 entries. It also appears in Pulitzer Prize.
Vinony's link graph records 293 inbound references to James Alan McPherson, and connects out to The Atlantic, MacArthur Fellows Program and Bachelor of Laws.
It is catalogued under topics including 1943 births, 2016 deaths and 20th-century African-American writers.
Vinony links it to 15 Wikipedia language editions.
Authority record · VIAF
- Lifespan
- 1943–2016
- Nationality
- US
- Role / Field
- Novelists, Essayists, College teachers, Spisovatele, Literarni tvorba
- Language
- eng
- Gender
- Male
Recorded by 19 libraries
via VIAF · OCLC
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Alan
- Family name
- McPherson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Savannah
- Place of death
- Iowa City
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Morgan State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Genre
- essay
Show 6 more facts
- date of birth
- 1943-09-16
- date of death
- 2016-07-27
- has written for
- The Atlantic
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- pneumonia
Sources (3)
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