Arnold Rampersad

Arnold Rampersad
Born (1941-11-13) 13 November 1941 (age 83)
Trinidad and Tobago
Alma materBowling Green State University (BA, MA)
Harvard University (PhD)
OccupationsBiographer, literary critic, academic
Notable workThe Life of Langston Hughes (1986);
Ralph Ellison: A Biography (2007)
AwardsAnisfield-Wolf Lifetime Achievement Award

Arnold Rampersad (born 13 November 1941) is a biographer, literary critic, and academic, who was born in Trinidad and Tobago and moved to the US in 1965.[1] The first volume (1986) of his Life of Langston Hughes was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize and his Ralph Ellison: A Biography was a finalist for the 2007 National Book Award.[2]

Rampersad is currently Professor of English and the Sara Hart Kimball Professor in the Humanities at Stanford University. He was Senior Associate Dean for the Humanities from January 2004 to August 2006.

  1. ^ Edward Guthman, "ISOLATED MAN / Arnold Rampersad's biography examines how foibles and fame became powerful hurdles in the literary life of Ralph Ellison", SF Gate, 19 June 2007.
  2. ^ "National Book Awards - 2007". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 24 January 2012.