biography
| sex:
| female
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| lived:
| (1929– )
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| biography:
| Writer, born in New York City, USA. Her parents emigrated from Barbados during World War 1, and she grew up in Brooklyn during the Depression. She graduated from Brooklyn College and worked for Our World Magazine. Her first novel, Brown Girl, Brownstones (1959), is regarded as a classic of African-American literature. Later books include The Chosen Place (1969), The Timeless People (1969), Praisesong for the Widow (1983), and Daughters (1991). |
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