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Ernest J. Gaines

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American author (1933-2019)

United StatesWritersLived 1933 to 2019 · aged 86
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Ernest James Gaines was an American author. Four of his works were made into television movies.

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Awards 12

2016North Star Award
2012National Medal of Arts
2000Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres
2000National Humanities Medal
2000Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards
1999Black Literary Hall of Fame
1999honorary doctor of the University of Miami
1993MacArthur Fellows Program
1993Dos Passos Prize
1993National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction
1979Lillian Smith Book Award
1972Guggenheim Fellowship

Connected to Ernest 6

Brent JenningsAlso in A Lesson Before Dying (1999)Rosanna CarterAlso in A Gathering of Old Men (1987)Rod PerryAlso in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)Joel FluellenAlso in The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1974)Charles FullerAlso in A Gathering of Old Men (1987)Irma P. HallAlso in A Lesson Before Dying (1999)

About this person

Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1933 to 2019 · aged 86
Written about in
9 languages

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