Talk:Richard Wright (author)

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[edit] South Side Writers Group

This article should mention somewhere that Wright founded the South Side Writers Group, an influential group of Chicago writers including Lorraine Hansberry, among others. I would insert the information myself if I knew more about the group.

—The preceding unsigned comment was added by 160.39.252.117 (talk) 03:41, 6 April 2007 (UTC).

[edit] comment

Novelist Richard Wright's first autobiographical account, Black Boy, discussed his life before the move to Chicago as opposed to after the move. So, I think that sentence needs to be fixed.

I have been reading blackboy for an english class, and it describes his life before and after the move to Chicago, although the book is divided into two sections

Removed the word 'unexpectedly' from the final sentence, as it had an 'unexpectedly' comic effect: as in - Richard Wright died in Paris of a heart attack, unexpectedly, at the age of 52. 203.173.49.149 09:07, 3 Jul 2004 (UTC)

Please don't remove my mention of his earning of a Guggenheim Fellowship for Uncle Tom’s Children. Information has to be known, for if It wasn't for the Guggenheim Fellowship, he would not be as great as he turned up to be. Thank you.

[edit] Problem with birth date

I have materials stating Richard Wright's birth year as 1906. Can anyone clarify?

Can you be more specific about the nature of your materials? I've verified the b. date in a couple of places, including the Library of America edition of his complete works. [[User:Gamaliel|Gamaliel Image:Watchmensmiley20.gif]] 18:18, 17 Sep 2004 (UTC)
Age 1 & ?/12 years on 1910 census. Family was boarding at 272 Washington Avenue, Memphis. Also father Nathan was still with the family and brother Allen is 6 months old and born in Mississippi.Javadane 17:24, 14 September 2006 (UTC)

No, its 1908 in most sources.72.196.229.15 20:54, 12 September 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "Semi Autobiographical"

Black Boy is presented as an autobiogrophy and the library of congress calls it "a classic of American autobiogrophy." Unless anyone has evidence that portions of the book are fabricated, it should read "autobiographical," not "semi-autobiographical."

You're right about this. I've read it and I've never read anything about this that indicated it was semi- and not fully autobigraphical. Gamaliel 03:56, 10 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived debate of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the debate was PAGE NOT MOVED -- as there was no consensus for the move per discussion below. --Philip Baird Shearer 14:59, 21 February 2007 (UTC)

Richard Wright (author) → Richard Nathaniel Wright — Title is unique when middle name is included, eliminating the need for the parenthetical addition. —Colin MacLaurin 17:08, 14 February 2007 (UTC) <samll>moved from uncontroversial by SigPig |SEND - OVER 02:32, 15 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Add  # '''Support'''  or  # '''Oppose'''  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~. Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.

[edit] Survey - in support of the move

[edit] Survey - in opposition to the move

  1. Oppose for the same reason as last time; proposal still violates WP:COMMONNAME. --SigPig |SEND - OVER 02:43, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
  2. Oppose Yes it does. Who ever calls him this? Aside from his mother when she wanted his attention.... Septentrionalis PMAnderson 20:44, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
  3. Oppose per Sig. Yes, the middle name would make it unique but (as Sept so humorously put it) no one calls him by this name and it contrary to every naming policy. 205.157.110.11 03:40, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
  4. Oppose Policy advises against adding middle names or initials for disambiguation purposes, when those are not commonly used. However, there is a case to be made that he is the primary usage (indeed, the page seems to have been moved here from the undabbed form), and I would be willing to support a move back to the dab page's location, unless someone makes the case that the other Richard Wrights have achieved enough collective prominence to match the author. --Groggy Dice T | C 16:09, 18 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Add any additional comments:
  • How is he shown on his books ? Do any of them use Nathaniel ? -- Beardo 06:02, 15 February 2007 (UTC)
I added him to the agnostics category since his books suggest it.You very nice place 12:28, 20 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] clean up

This page needs some clean up, it states the same things twice. It looks like two people wrote it, and rather than collaborating, they just put everything in...

[edit] When did he move to Memphis?

In Black Boy, he wrote that he stayed in Mississippi until he became independent and then moved to Memphis. cecikierk