Fort Greene in Brooklyn in Kings County, New York — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)
Richard N. Wright
Sept. 4, 1908 - Nov, 28, 1960
— 175 Carlton Avenue, Brooklyn —
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 10, 2021
1. Richard N. Wright Marker
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Richard N. Wright. Sept. 4, 1908 - Nov, 28, 1960. Grandson of slaves and son of a sharecropper who abandoned him, Mississippi-born Wright moved to Chicago n 1927, and ten years later to New York. Here he befriended Ralph Ellison (Invisible Man), and became Harlem editor of the Daily Worker. From this house in 1938, he often went to Fort Greene Park to jot notes for his novel, Native Son (1940). In describing the theme the theme, Wright said: "Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as from a lack of bread." The novel, the first work of an African American author selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club, was adapted as a play directed by Orson Welles (1941). Among his other books are Uncle Tom's Children (1938) and Black Boy (1945). Wright and his family moved to Paris as expatriates in 1946; where he died in 1960, and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
Grandson of slaves and son of a sharecropper who abandoned him, Mississippi-born Wright moved to Chicago n 1927, and ten years later to New York. Here he befriended Ralph Ellison (Invisible Man), and became Harlem editor of the Daily Worker. From this house in 1938, he often went to Fort Greene Park to jot notes for his novel, Native Son (1940). In describing the theme the theme, Wright said: "Men can starve from a lack of self-realization as much as from a lack of bread." The novel, the first work of an African American author selected by the Book-of-the-Month Club, was adapted as a play directed by Orson Welles (1941). Among his other books are Uncle Tom's Children (1938) and Black Boy (1945). Wright and his family moved to Paris as expatriates in 1946; where he died in 1960, and was interred at Père Lachaise Cemetery.
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Location. 40° 41.543′ N, 73° 58.354′ W. Marker is in Brooklyn, New York, in Kings County. It is in Fort Greene. Marker is on Carlton Avenue, 0.1 miles north of Willoughby
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Avenue, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 175 Carlton Ave, Brooklyn NY 11205, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Photographed By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), September 10, 2021
2. Richard N. Wright Marker
Credits. This page was last revised on January 31, 2023. It was originally submitted on September 12, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia. This page has been viewed 114 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:1, 2. submitted on September 12, 2021, by Devry Becker Jones of Washington, District of Columbia.
