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James Alan McPherson
American short story writer and essayist (1943-2016) · United States · On the map · Writers · Died at 72
James Alan McPherson was an American essayist and short-story writer. He was the first African-American writer to win the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and was included among the first group of artists who received a MacArthur Fellowship.
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At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.
Country
United States
Category
Writers
Type
Writer / Author
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1943 to 2016 · aged 72
