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Ernest James Gaines (January 15, 1933 – November 5, 2019) was an American author whose works have been taught in college classrooms and translated into many languages, including French, Spanish, German, Russian and Chinese. Four of his works were made into television movies.
Ernest J. Gaines, American writer whose fiction, as exemplified by The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman (1971) and A Lesson Before Dying (1993), reflects the African American experience and the oral tradition of his rural Louisiana childhood. Learn more about Gaines’s life and work.
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Nov 6, 2019 · Novelist Ernest J. Gaines, acclaimed author of The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman, and other novels about the struggles of African Americans in rural Louisiana, died at his home in Oscar,...
Nov 5, 2019 · Ernest J. Gaines, who wrote of the inner struggle for dignity among Southern black people before the civil rights era in “The Autobiography of Miss Jane Pittman” and other acclaimed novels, died...
Complete order of Ernest J. Gaines books in Publication Order and Chronological Order.
Learn about the life and works of Ernest J. Gaines, a world-renowned author of ten books of fiction set in rural south Louisiana. Explore his themes of race, community, culture, dignity, and social justice in his novels, short stories, and essays.
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5 days ago · Now in its 17th year, the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence “honors Louisiana’s revered storyteller, Ernest J. Gaines, and serves to inspire and recognize rising African-American fiction writers of excellence at a national level.” One of the biggest writing awards and highest literary honors, this award serves to support up-and-coming African-American authors and […]
