Literary Birthday – 4 September – Richard Wright

Richard Wright was born 4 September 1908, and died 28 November 1960.

Five Quotes

1. I would send other words to tell, to march, to fight, to create a sense of the hunger of life that gnaws in us all, to keep alive in our hearts a sense of the inexpressibly human.
2. The impulse to dream was slowly beaten out of me by experience. Now it surged up again and I hungered for books, new ways of looking and seeing.
3. Whenever my environment had failed to support or nourish me, I had clutched at books…
4. The artist must bow to the monster of his own imagination.
5. All literature is protest.

Richard Wright was an African-American author of novels, short stories, poems, and non-fiction. His work helped redefine discussions of race relations in America in the mid-20th century. His books included Native Son, Black Boy, and Uncle Tom’s Children.

Source for Image: Carl Van Vechten, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Richard_Wright.jpg

by Amanda Patterson

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