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Randall Kenan | |
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| Born | March 12, 1963 New York City, U.S. |
| Died | August 28, 2020 (aged 57) Hillsborough, North Carolina, U.S. |
| Occupation | Writer |
| Alma mater | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
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| Notable works | A Visitation of Spirits (1989); Let the Dead Bury Their Dead (1992) |
Randall Kenan (March 12, 1963 – August 28, 2020)[1] was an American author. Born in Brooklyn, New York, at six weeks old Kenan moved to Duplin County, North Carolina, a small rural community, where he lived with his grandparents in a town named Wallace. Many of Kenan's novels are set around the area of his home in North Carolina. The focus of much of Kenan's work centers around what it means to be black and gay in the southern United States. Some of Kenan's most notable works include the collection of short stories Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, named a New York Times Notable Book in 1992, A Visitation of Spirits, and The Fire This Time. Kenan was the recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and the John Dos Passos Prize.
- ^ WRAL (August 29, 2020). "UNC English professor, key writer on Black and gay culture, passes away". WRAL.com. Retrieved August 29, 2020.