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American writer
David Wright (born 1964) is an American writer.
Early life and education
Wright grew up in
Borger, Texas . His mother is a white
Jewish woman who survived the Nazi occupation of Paris. Her parents were affluent, assimilated
French Jews . His mother was a member of the
French Communist Party ; she immigrated to the US in the 1950s as the GI bride of an African-American soldier.
[1] He holds a BA from
Carleton College and an MFA from the
MFA Program for Poets & Writers at the
University of Massachusetts Amherst . He also studied at the
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales . Before he started teaching creative writing, he was a player/coach on various American football teams in
Paris and
London . He teaches at the
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .
He has also published under the name "David Wright Faladé", in honor of his biological father. His father Maximien Faladé was a devout Catholic from
Porto-Novo in
Benin , the grandson of
Béhanzin , the last King of
Dahomey .
[2]
Works
Books
Short stories
"The Sand Banks, 1861" (2020)
[13]
Documentary film
Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers (2010).
[14]
Television journalism
"The Pea Island Story", co-written and co-produced with Stephanie Frederic and David Zoby. Aired on
BET Tonight , February 1999.[
citation needed ]
Awards
2017:
International Board on Books for Young People , grades 9–12, Away Running
[15]
2011:
Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program ,
Universidade de São Paulo , Brazil.
[16]
2009: North Carolina Humanities Council, Large Grant, for production of Rescue Men: The Story of the Pea Island Lifesavers.[
citation needed ]
2005: Dobie-Paisano Fellowship, University of Texas and the Texas Institute of Letters.[
citation needed ]
2004: Tennessee Williams Scholar, Sewanee Writers’ Conference.[
citation needed ]
1999:
National Endowment for the Humanities , Summer Institute for College and University Faculty Fellow,
W. E. B. Du Bois Institute for Afro-American Research,
Harvard University , "The Civil Rights Movement: History and Consequences".[
citation needed ]
1997–1998: Chancellor’s Minority Postdoctoral Fellowship, Afro-American Studies and Research Program,
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign .[
citation needed ]
1994:
Zora Neale Hurston /
Richard Wright Award, the Zora Neale Hurston/Richard Wright Foundation, Fairfax, VA.[
citation needed ]
1993:
Paul Cuffe Memorial Fellowship,
Munson Institute of American Maritime Studies , Mystic, Connecticut.[
citation needed ]
References
^
"The Truth About My Father" .
The New Yorker . Retrieved March 22, 2023 .
^ Leyshon, Cressida.
"David Wright Faladé on Complicated Backstories" . The New Yorker . Retrieved August 31, 2020 .
^ Garner (February 14, 2022).
"A Rousing Novel Follows a Brigade of Black Soldiers in the Civil War" . The New York Times . Retrieved February 14, 2022 .
^ Citeweb|title='Black Cloud Rising' novelizes the leader of an all-Black brigade in the Civil War|url=
https://www.npr.org/2022/02/23/1082621863/black-cloud-rising-novelizes-the-leader-of-an-all-black-brigade-in-the-civil-war%7Caccess-date=2022-03-03%7Cwebsite=National Public Radio|language=en-us
^ Dror, Stephanie (March 21, 2016).
"Away Running" .
Quill & Quire . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Huenemann, Karyn (February 1, 2016). "Away Running (review)". Resource Links (Society for Canadian Educational Resources) . 21 (3): 18–19.
^ Krieger-Munday, Courtney (April 2016). "Wright, David, and Luc Bouchard. Away Running". Voice of Youth Advocates (VOYA) . 9 (1): 69.
^ Bouchard, Luc (October 1, 2016).
"Away Running" .
School Library Journal . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Yardley, Jonathan (July 29, 2001).
"Review of Fire on the Beach " .
The Washington Post . Retrieved August 31, 2020 .
^ Steelman, Ben (July 22, 2001).
"Review of Fire on the Beach " .
Wilmington Star News . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Gill, Leonard (October 9, 2001).
"Operation Rescue" .
Memphis Flyer . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Stover, Douglas (2008).
"Pea Island Life-Saving Station" (PDF) . NPS History .
^ Wright Faladé, David (August 24, 2020).
"The Sand Banks, 1861" . The New Yorker . New York: Condé Nast.
^ Kozak, Catherine (January 10, 2010).
"Film to shine spotlight on black surfmen of Pea Island" .
The Virginian-Pilot . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^ Johnson, Holly (January 31, 2017).
"Outstanding International Books: Presenting the 2017 USBBY Selections" .
School Library Journal . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
^
"David Wright" . Fulbright Scholar Program . Retrieved September 1, 2020 .
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