James Alan McPherson | |
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| Born | September 16, 1943 Savannah, Georgia, U.S. |
| Died | July 27, 2016 (aged 72) Iowa City, Iowa, U.S. |
| Education | Morgan State University Morris Brown College (BA) Harvard University (LLB) University of Iowa (MFA) |
| Period | 1968–2016 |
| Genre | Fiction |
| Notable works | Elbow Room |
| Notable awards | Pulitzer Prize in Fiction MacArthur Fellowship Guggenheim Fellowship |
| Spouse | Sarah Charlton (div) |
| Children | 2 |
James Alan McPherson (September 16, 1943 – July 27, 2016) 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. At the time of his death, McPherson was a professor emeritus of fiction at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.[1]
- ^ Roberts, Sam (July 27, 2016). "James Alan McPherson, Pulitzer Prize-Winning Writer, Dies at 72". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on January 3, 2022. Retrieved July 31, 2016.